larryh1108
Member
Chief,
The only issue I have with your post was your opening statement:
We agree on everything else.
Why does that bother me?
Well, you answered it in your last post:
This means, by your words, that someone convicted to a felony and sentenced to 6 months in prison should not ever be released because he lost his right to vote and his right to have firearms (which is part of his sentence, BTW). Now, you say that is not what you meant but that is what you said.
The part saying I was surprised a USN Chief would say this comes from my belief that you are a leader of men who knows life is not black and white. You've been there, done that and you know very well that as a member of the military you don't get to decide which orders to follow and which to blow off. It has nothing to do with left/right, up/down, D or R or any other cute phrase out there. It relates to you leading men for a long time and earning the respect you deserve.
Everything you wrote above is right on. Ruining it by opening your original post, with that ridiculous blanket statement that is wrong on so many levels, is what took me by surprise. That statement is as ridiculous as any out there when it comes to making a point yet is used by a lot of people on these boards and in real life.
The only issue I have with your post was your opening statement:
If convicted felons, or criminals of any stripe for that matter, are not to be trusted after having "paid their dues" (or whatever you choose to call it)...then why are they ever released back into society in the first place?
We agree on everything else.
Why does that bother me?
Well, you answered it in your last post:
if you go to court for a crime which carries a maximum of 18 months imprisonment and you're sentenced to 6 months...you're a felon.
This means, by your words, that someone convicted to a felony and sentenced to 6 months in prison should not ever be released because he lost his right to vote and his right to have firearms (which is part of his sentence, BTW). Now, you say that is not what you meant but that is what you said.
The part saying I was surprised a USN Chief would say this comes from my belief that you are a leader of men who knows life is not black and white. You've been there, done that and you know very well that as a member of the military you don't get to decide which orders to follow and which to blow off. It has nothing to do with left/right, up/down, D or R or any other cute phrase out there. It relates to you leading men for a long time and earning the respect you deserve.
Everything you wrote above is right on. Ruining it by opening your original post, with that ridiculous blanket statement that is wrong on so many levels, is what took me by surprise. That statement is as ridiculous as any out there when it comes to making a point yet is used by a lot of people on these boards and in real life.