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rghiu294 karma

A lot of it is genuine, unintentional human error,

No offense, but if we entertain the idea that there were something intentional going on, would they inform the vote scanner dude?

rghiu87 karma

break ribs

Hey don't flatter yourself buddy.

rghiu2 karma

I would bring forward policy to significantly reduce college tuition.

How would that work? What are your thoughts on student loan subsidization/guaranteeing and its impact on tuition?

and we must prove that in our policy and budgeting decisions

There doesn't appear to be any correlation between $/student spent on education and educational outcomes. When you say we need to "prove" that education is our most valuable asset as reflected by our budgeting decisions, what exactly do you mean? For the sake of transparency, would you mind letting us know how much local teachers unions have donated to your campaign?

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Unfortunately, most of what's taught in the armed services these days is a competition-based approach utilizing combat sports and martial arts.

I'll talk about the Marine Corps because that's what I'm familiar with, but if you're a civilian trying to get out of a life/death situation, then your continuum of force is pretty black and white. You either run, kill or incapacitate your attacker.

The Marine Corps' martial arts programs is designed to have applicability along the entire force continuum - it's not just run or kill. You need to know how to physically manipulate people. What if an irate villager grabs the barrel of your rifle and creates a dangerous situation? What if you need to put a suspect in cuffs and transport them back to base for questioning? There are far more situations in the military where some level of violence is actually the answer, and it's not always life or death.

Incidentally, if the police force in the US were more confident in their ability to use non-lethal violence and more physically fit, they wouldn't need to go straight to the gun every time they run into someone with a baseball bat or whatever.

Regardless, if you're a civilian and you get into a situation that you can't avoid, by all means use lethal force. It's not your job to mediate through a force continuum if your life is in danger.

rghiu2 karma

The reason the military dissuades protest in uniform is because it is extremely important to safeguard public perception of the military as a non-political entity -- we will obey the (legal and constitutional) orders of elected civilians regardless of which party or politics they represent.

Do you agree that the apolitical perception of the military (which I believe is why the military remains one of the most trusted institutions in American life) is something we should seek to safeguard? Do you think the good that you accomplish by protesting is worth the risk of damaging public perception of the military's impartiality?