Bad Day
in the early evening on Thursday, the 24th of July 2003 by Scott
The Boss’s boss worked from home yesterday, promised updated functionals then didn’t deliver. She then questioned the work I did while she was gone, going so far as complaining on the amount of time we spent outside during a fire drill. 18 floors of people had to leave the building in an orderly fashion, wait around for the firechief to confirm that the building was empty, then everyone had to file back in. Being on the 17th floor, the wait for an elevator was 15 minutes.
Ugly..
Then I got into an argument with an ex-army woman about Qusay and Uday. She seemed to think that what we did to Saddam’s boys was morally wrong, and we now had no reason to be upset if someone does the same to GWB.
It’s pointless to argue with people who accept the doctrine of moral equivalence. To them everything is a grey area. To them everything is also opinion, ignoring the possibility that having a degree in the very subject that she was arguing about, as well as having worked for Amnesty International (”Writing letters” as she put it), really didn’t compare with her experience in the service (”Someone who put their ass on the line while you were partying.”) She kept thinking that my attacking her arguments was a personal attack on her, a feeling shared by her colleague in a nearby space.
Coming from a military family didn’t seem to matter, nor did the fact that my son was in Iraq and one of the first to go into Afghanistan.
“He chose his life,” was her answer to that.
I said, “It’s obvious you don’t have kids.” Anyone with kids will know that experiencing danger first-hand is a lot easier to handle than having one’s child experiencing that danger.
Realizing that I was having a bad day, and may be coming across somewhat bombastically, I apologized for any appearance of impropriety on my part. She didn’t accept my apology.
On the way home I then realized that to her, arguments and identity are one. She couldn’t separate the two, therefore she kept viewing my aggressive attacks on her arguments (Sorry, but any Jew that would refuse to kill Hitler in 1933 if one had the chance deserves aggressiveness) as personal attacks.
Too bad. I liked her and respect anyone who puts their butts on the line. Now I’m just a crazy Hawk that doesn’t know shit..
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July 24th, 2003 at 9:35 pm
Just because she was in the army doesn’t mean she was in the special forces. Or even saw combat. Or she touched a gun more than once a year to qualify.
Having served in the military may give you a perpective, but it does not solely qualify you to make decisions about the military. Thats the whole civilian oversight thing about having the commander in chief be elected.
Or if it does, fine. I was in the military. I was there the first time. If they find Saddam, I’ll garrot him myself. Nothing personal, I just think it would be fun. There, I’ve got just as much credentials as she does, and yet we differ completely. Maybe she’s just not a babe, and thats given her a bad outlook.
July 24th, 2003 at 9:37 pm
You know, I can’t believe I said that.
Maybe she’s just not a babe, and thats given her a bad outlook.
I meant, maybe she’s just a bitch.
Either way “Crazy Hawk” sounds like a real kick ass weapons system.
[zzzztttt]… NINER NINER FIVE SEVEN, RELEASE CRAZY HAWK ON MY MARK… MARK! COPY ROGER OVER! [kkkzzzzttt]
July 24th, 2003 at 10:30 pm
After thinking about it, I was wrong to really rip into her. I’ve posted my remorse on The Razor. Gerald Ford said it best, “One can disagree without being disagreeable.”
Besides, I am no Ann Coulter (she has better looking legs…)