<p>When a young person is considering sacrificing his life, I don’t think “kindness” and rosy positive comments are all that are needed.</p>
<p>The OP asked for advice. He didn’t ask for people to tell him <em>only</em> the great things about the military. He got a smattering of very pro-military experiences, and some less so. Seemed pretty balanced, or if anything, more pro-military than not.</p>
<p>If people pose questions on a public forum, they can expect all kinds of responses…those with which they agree, and those with which they don’t. That’s the nature of a chatboard, and the conversation shouldn’t be controlled to only adhere to a single POV (although I find that it often does anyway…).</p>