Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Crap

The report from the team investigating religious intolerance at the Air Force Academy. It boils down to this:

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"There is a lack of operational guidance that tells commanders and senior supervisors exactly what is appropriate in regard to free exercise of religion," the general said. "There were some faculty and staff, in efforts that were probably well-intentioned, who expressed their faith in ways that were inappropriate for somebody in a position of authority."

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Lack of operational guidance? WTF? You are a publicly funded school. You have a cross-section of America's children studying to enter our officer corps. Read my lips: YOU DON'T SANCTION RELIGIOUS DISPLAYS. YOU DON'T SANCTION THE PROMOTION OF ONE RELIGION OVER ANOTHER. Got it? Leave us move on:

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"It is not that minority cadets cannot get accommodation," he said, "but that the academy was not addressing the issue up front, such as including holy days on the calendar. So in some cases, it made cadets feel like the academy was not as sensitive to those needs, and was putting the burden on the cadet to ask for the accommodation."

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Cannot get accomodation? When a kid asks for respect and gets called a 'filthy Jew', it doesn't sound too accommodating to me, you twits. When Islamic kids are told Christianity will crush Islam, it doesn't sound too accommodating either. Fucking morons. And you know, it's just a few bad apples:

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"We found there was a certain amount of behavior on the part of some 18-to-22-year-olds that is less than it should be," he said. That behavior included religious slurs, jokes and disparaging remarks made by some cadets.

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So it's just them younguns, huh? Not that the folks running the place are all Bible-thumping Christians who think it's their way or the highway. Team Jesus and all.

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General Brady said cadets indicated religious slurs and jokes have decreased at the academy over the past few years. To further bolster that trend, and in light of recent attention on religious issues, the academy has created a new program specifically designed to help young cadets of any background become more aware of the diversity around them.

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They've decreased, but they haven't stopped. I don't know, threatening them with expulsion (for the cadets) and courts-martial (for the commanders) might end them, but that's just me.

This investigation was done the way all Chimpy Inc 'investigations' are done. No rebuke of the commanding officers who condone this crap. None of the upperclassmen who fomented this 'yay God' mentality, none who disrespected their fellow officer-candidates we're expelled or disciplined. This report is good enough to wipe your ass with, better than Air Force TP anyway, trust me. I guess it's time for the kids who are persecuted to start passing out some ass-kickings. It's up to you boys and girls, your government ain't standing behind you.

Hokay, back to the proofs.