Originally Posted by
Finningley Boy
Orac,
Every time another "progressive" change to the order of society and its institutions, is successfully imposed, the immediate defence to seal the situation is usually lines ;like "be thankful for their service" or some reference to facing the heat of battle, as if no one else ever did. That isn't in doubt, what is, is the very creed and image of the armed forces. I'm not going to open your links, because I've read it all and had it all shoved down my throat every time I, or anyone else voices concern about what is taken to be an irrelevance now. I can't change it, but don't expect me to embrace it, and I still maintain, it is bad news in the long run.
FB
What exactly does "the order of society" mean?
This is not the 19th century, we are not in Downton Abbey.