"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message
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On 08 Jan 2004 20:08:49 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote:

Subject: The nature of military justice.
From: nt (Krztalizer)
Date: 1/8/04 11:12 AM Pacific Standard Time
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GMAFB!!! Art, when did you get out of the military? Would you admit
that things change in fifty years? Hell, the UCMJ was written long
after the Articles of War!

Ed, it may or may not be a comfort to you, but I for one feel that you have a
far closer and realistic assessment of the military justice system and how it
works these days than does Art. Art is a man of endless and unforgettable
anecdotal experiences regarding WWII. He writes well and if you want to learn
about how things were in his outfit at the time, you could profit from investing
time in reading his stuff.

Unfortunately, he is also a man whose biases and prejudices are set in stone and
not amenable to alteration by logic or anything else. I came to that conclusion
after numerous fruitless exchanges with him on an assortment of subjects. I
came to realize that, if I wished to retain what little sanity I had left, I
needed to discontinue communicating with him. I did so some time ago, and
haven't noticed any appreciable diminution of my quality of life as a result.

Since he is constitutionally unable to admit any wrongdoing, failing or error on
his part, your efforts to enlighten him are pretty much doomed to failure. If
you can achieve success where I only tasted failure, I would happily concede
that you're a better man than I am, Gunga Din (with due apologies to Kipling).
Unfortunately, I think you're wasting your time, but good luck, anyway.

George Z.