On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 16:54:13 GMT, "Jim," wrote:

John H wrote:

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 16:38:59 GMT, "Jim," wrote:


John H wrote:

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 16:22:41 GMT, "Jim," wrote:



John H wrote:



Jimcomma! Don't just let our discussion go 'cause you got yourself trapped.


On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 02:33:18 GMT, "Jim," wrote:




John H wrote:



On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 01:05:00 GMT, "Jim," wrote:





John H wrote:




On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:35:28 GMT, "Jim," wrote:






John H wrote:






On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:16:36 GMT, "Jim," wrote:







JimH wrote:


Should not commanders *KNOW* what their troops are doing?


*That* is a stupid question, Jimcomma. I know you're not stupid, but perhaps you
know little of command.

A commander is responsible for everything in his unit. They are not God. Whether
or not they *should* know everything their troops do is immaterial. They can't.

Did your parents know everything you did as a kid? Were you able to get away
with anything?

Your first line says it all

"A commander is responsible for everything in his unit."


Read the rest. Maybe you'll learn something. Answer the questions. After all,
your parents were also responsible for you. Remember?

And if I were to damage someones property, or such they would be held
responsible.


Why would they have allowed you to do it?

They wouldn't have permitted it -- but they would be responsible -- just
as commanders are responsible for their troops. And given the time the
abuse went on, I find it very hard to believe the commanders didn't know
what was happening.


If they wouldn't have permitted it, how could you possibly have done it, given
that they must have surely *KNOWN* what their child was doing?

As to responsibility, your parents may have been fiscally responsible when you
damaged someone's property, at least up to the deductible on their insurance.
But, were they punished when *you* got caught playing 'doctor' with little,
ten-year-old Mary Sue?

A week or so ago, a child (14?) shot a school bus driver. Surely the parents,
much closer to their kids than a commander to *his* kids, must have know the
child had a gun. Therefore, the parents should be sent to prison for allowing
the shooting to occur. Actually, the policies of the parents, allowing the child
to watch TV, probably encouraged the child to commit the shooting.

Your logic is nicely anti-administration and anti-military, but it is also
nicely twisted.

I thought you summed up things rather ell when you posted the following.

"A commander is responsible for everything in his unit."


So was your mother!

"Hoisted on your own petard," as they say.



The difference being that until I was an adult, my parents were called
to account for my (very few) Misdeeds. Somehow the commanders are given
a pass.


You best stick to cut'n'pastin.

Which part of the following do you NOT agree with?

The difference being that until I was an adult, my parents were called
to account for my (very few) Misdeeds. Somehow the commanders are given
a pass.

Stick to cut'n'pastin'.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."