Gangs in the Military

Zaphod
Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:24:52 +0000

Fox, please. It’s akin to getting foreign policy updates from Entertainment Tonight.

As opposed to CNN and the New York Times, which is akin to getting your news from Pravda or Al-Jazeera. :rolleyes:

Spidermom, you are absolutely right that people can change, and you and I both know from experience that the military is very effective at changing people, and that the overwhelming majority of the time that change is very much for the BETTER.

It’s still disturbing, however, to hear stories of gang members in uniform, just like it’s disturbing to hear of white supremacists being there. Conflicting loyalties and other twisted philosophies is not a good thing in the Service.

I’m not entirely sure I buy the melarky that gang members are joining up so as to learn tactics they can use on the streets. That’s silly on so many levels, one can write a book on the subject. Do I think the problem is “widespread”? Nope, but that doesn’t stop me from worrying about it at least a bit.

Makes me wonder, though, if this has ALWAYS been a problem. Gangs aren’t exactly a new thing, you know?