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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 09:51 PM Original message |
SEX IN THE SANDBOX - a tough topic |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. it's a tough topic but it deserves some exposure |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. Most men always want sex.. take them away from their wives & girlfriends, |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. All war is dirty business but in a sexually repressed area it's worse |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. thanks for the recommendations... I reluctantly posted this OP |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. they should find the right medication to slip surreptitiously to the troops... |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
25. many are on their 4th or 5th tour. another way is to bring them home |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. gee...ya' think? |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. thanks for the kick |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
60. there you go ghost |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #60 |
66. it's good to see you again... |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
65. Don't they do tests or something?!? This is horrible!! |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. Boy, do I ever wish you hadn't posted this... |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 03:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. what question? (you can pm it to me...?) n/t |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
30. the question? |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
39. Hmm |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. IMHO it feeds the problem |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. That's my impression |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. "Rape as a war crime has had, and continues to have horrible repercussions. "... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
61. STILL not an excuse for rape |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. i've often wondered how the troops get serviced in an arab country... |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. "Get serviced"? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 01:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. really. the world's oldest profession is definitely a service industry. |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Troops masturbate furiously. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Combat jack |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
24. being prostitute is such an honorable service. girls "brought" in .... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. . |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. you are right, gathering up young girls from different countries |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. i don't feel a fool at all. |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
51. that response certainly isn't foolish |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
33. there are no visible prostitutes in Iraq and no current articles on this issue |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
38. My wife would send me weekly picture installments of herself while I was deployed. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
54. Looking back, it seems funny... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. post 58 |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #38 |
58. hey.... |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. Saudi Arabia |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. "blow up sheep?" |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
8. i dont believe it is about 18 yr olds simply doing without sex |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
9. I pull my hair out. There are so many things we should be so appalled about, |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
11. K & R. The painful truth. |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. thanks for all the K&Rs |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
13. War and rape go hand in hand. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
34. And since this really isn't a war, but an invasion and a hostile occupation.. |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
14. Kick & Rec! |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
57. thanks for your meaningful input... "real" isn't easy sometimes n/t |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 03:47 AM Response to Original message |
16. Rape is not normal soldier behavior and those making excuses for it are apologists. |
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inanna (672 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 05:27 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Wow.... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:41 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Instead of boo-hooing over the poor prostitute-deprived rapists |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Excellent post! |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. Agreed, rape is about power and intimidation.. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. Rape is a war crime. You're right. |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
42. Thank you |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
55. Veteran here, in 1000% agreement with your post. ^5 |
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Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
56. Wish I could nominate this post |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
63. I agree, but is it possible PTSD might have something to do with it? |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
19. A Military In Real Conflict... |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
21. i dunno if id go so far as to say its all troops |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
22. Repost |
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fenriswolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
37. I spent a year in iraq +2 months on a boat |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
41. This is horrifying, and it's just Iraq |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
43. War is Hell. Rape is a war crime. Here is what is ALWAYS handy and not harmful... |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
45. All I know is that we are not that far removed from our cousin, |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
46. All I know is that we are not that far removed from our cousin, |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
52. The Middle East is not some paragon of virtue |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
53. ... |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
62. I'm going to throw-up, now. *CRY* |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
64. And If You Don't Support The Dem Nominee and McCain Wins |
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