(09-10-2015 11:55 PM)UCF08 Wrote: Bull, first off, stop with the schtick.
No..
Quote:No one here thinks you're nearly as intelligent as you think you are.
Good thing I don't give a rats fat ass. I don't have a reputation for pretending I'm an expert on everything, that would be you.
I know what I know and I don't what I don't.
I also don't run down other people for "devaluing my degree" with internet posts.
Quote:I am well aware of the meaning of the term hyperbole, and it fits.
I would have assumed you knew what it meant. My 5th grader knows it. But if you know it why can't you properly use it?
His statement was meant to be taken literally. On that basis alone it's not hyperbole. He also did not exaggerate anything. He did not say "marines will be dropping like flies"
He said simply, that we are moving towards putting gender and gender identity inclusion over all things. That to to this in the military will lead to less combat efficient units (which this study showed). And less combat ready units will mean more deaths (common sense).
Now he could be wrong. But he is not being hyperbolic. You used the wrong word because you lazily attempted to dismiss what he was saying.
Quote:Until the military lowers limits to allow for the inclusion of women in these divisions, which they have not as far as I know
They have a directive to include women by January 1st. It's going to happen. And when the doors are open you will see corners cut on standards.
Quote:That's what I meant by the hyperbole, that women overall aren't as physically capable as men does not mean there are no women physically capable of being in those units.
Of course there are a few women here or there who can meet the requirements. That's not the point. The point is not to blow up units by including them. It's the military not a club.
And if you don't think standards will be lowered than you're a poor student of recent history. If its been done for fire fighters it will be done for the Military.
http://nypost.com/2015/05/03/woman-to-be...ness-test/
Quote:Rebecca Wax, 33, is set to graduate Tuesday from the Fire Academy without passing the Functional Skills Training test, a grueling obstacle course of job-related tasks performed in full gear with a limited air supply, an insider has revealed.
“They’re going to allow the first person to graduate without passing because this administration has lowered the standard,” said the insider, who is familiar with the training.
Point is this, and please think about it.
if I said 20 years ago that we would let trangenders use the girls changing room in high schools and put bakers out of business for not catering a gay wedding simps like you would yell "hyperbole" and "Slippery slope"..
Yet here we are.
Quote:You're conflating one to inherently imply the other, and that's simply not the case.
So you're saying the women in these units, the ones that struggled, did not individually meet the same standards as men?