What did you learn today? Part II

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I've been telling you guys to just leave it alone and yet you keep rambling on. Are you trying to break me down? Are you enjoying this ridiculous debate? Few others were gracious, understanding, and supportive unlike you. And I'm well aware that it's still a crime, a ridiculous one that is. Logically, I completely understand that the military is the best option for him right now to change his life around. He already is trying to change his life around so why not just spend few months in the jail and get it over with? It'd be a lot easier if there was just this one... last option that is just out of our grasp and that is one more chance at life.
 
TheWriteAlex said:
In California, smoking pot is not enough of a crime to land you in this kind of trouble.
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Okay, do you want me to add to the list? Speeding, unpaid tickets, forgetting to show up in the court. It all adds up and it's completely ridiculous. My brother already regrets the mistakes he made and learned to be responsible.
 
lanapoo said:
I've been telling you guys to just leave it alone and yet you keep rambling on. Are you trying to break me down? Are you enjoying this ridiculous debate? Few others were gracious, understanding, and supportive unlike you. And I'm well aware that it's still a crime, a ridiculous one that is. Logically, I completely understand that the military is the best option for him right now to change his life around. He already is trying to change his life around so why not just spend few months in the jail and get it over with? It'd be a lot easier if there was just this one... last option that is just out of our grasp and that is one more chance at life.
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good luck to both of you. and I hope your dad doesn't have to keep cleaning his record.
 
Jiro said:
good luck to both of you. and I hope your dad doesn't have to keep cleaning his record.
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Tell that to my brother. Tell him to stay alive for me and my family when he fights for our country.
 
lanapoo said:
Tell that to my brother. Tell him to stay alive for me and my family when he fights for our country.
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he doesn't have to fight. He can choose to be a non-combatant soldier.
 
I learned that people have different views about smoking pot and the penal system as well as the military.

I have my opinion, but I will remain mute on this. I know what I had to go through and what my brother wished he could have done.
 
I learned that in some instances, people are very adept at creating their own unhappiness and misery, despite the fact that they always blame it on others.
 
jillio said:
I learned that in some instances, people are very adept at creating their own unhappiness and misery, despite the fact that they always blame it on others.
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Oh come on now. I'm sure you've known that for a looooong time. :P
 
jillio said:
I learned that in some instances, people are very adept at creating their own unhappiness and misery, despite the fact that they always blame it on others.
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I see that too, but I see it in more people than you do today .
 
Definitely!!

Lanapoo, I hope you won't feel like I'm butting in, since I don't think we've chatted on any topic here in the past. I haven't been a member for very long.

Anyway, may I say "Thank you!" to your brother to making this courageous decision to serve in the military. I know you don't think it was right; time will tell about that. But he does deserve gratitude from those of us who are not putting our butts on the front line like that. Please tell him it is appreciated.

And second, a personal example: my older step-brother was sort of at loose ends after he finished high school. He didn't get into any trouble particularly, but he didn't know what he wanted to do with his life. He joined the military, eventually was a member of the "Green Berets" and served in Vietnam. It was a tough time. He developed a lot of skills, carried out his missions successfully, eventually returned to the U.S.

Thanks to the G.I. Bill, he was able to go back to college, then law school. He has now been a successful lawyer for more than 30 years.

My step-dad of course worried about his son all the time he was overseas. But it all worked out very much for the best in the end.

I hope for you and your family that your brother will also end up a success story in his own way, following his own path. I'm sure he will appreciate your love and support while he does his tour of duty.
 
I learned I actually kind of like making pie charts in PowerPoint. It's even more fun when you make them have pretty colors :P
 
Beach girl said:
Definitely!!

Lanapoo, I hope you won't feel like I'm butting in, since I don't think we've chatted on any topic here in the past. I haven't been a member for very long.

Anyway, may I say "Thank you!" to your brother to making this courageous decision to serve in the military. I know you don't think it was right; time will tell about that. But he does deserve gratitude from those of us who are not putting our butts on the front line like that. Please tell him it is appreciated.

And second, a personal example: my older step-brother was sort of at loose ends after he finished high school. He didn't get into any trouble particularly, but he didn't know what he wanted to do with his life. He joined the military, eventually was a member of the "Green Berets" and served in Vietnam. It was a tough time. He developed a lot of skills, carried out his missions successfully, eventually returned to the U.S.

Thanks to the G.I. Bill, he was able to go back to college, then law school. He has now been a successful lawyer for more than 30 years.

My step-dad of course worried about his son all the time he was overseas. But it all worked out very much for the best in the end.

I hope for you and your family that your brother will also end up a success story in his own way, following his own path. I'm sure he will appreciate your love and support while he does his tour of duty.
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Thank you for your support! I know it's the best logical thing for my brother as well. I just hate that he's leaving us especially when I've been trying to get close to him again, but it's the best thing for him right now.
 
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