Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pretend

Over at Tam's place she's linked to a post at Atomic Nerds on the latest "bomb throw" by King Obama: Don't Ask, Don't Tell. While I agree that this is a hot potato tossed to the Republicans and conservatives that we do not have to try and catch, I disagree wholeheartedly with their main thesis.

LabRat over at Atomic Nerds bases their position around the money quote that Tam linked:

If Tiffani Amber the eighteen year old who happened to be blessed with the genes for a great rack can manage to not crack under such pressure, I think soldiers we expect to send into combat can probably find it within themselves.

The whole post is good and funny so it's a definite RTWT, but I think it's flawed at its heart. In the great sentence above, one key element is overlooked:

Men are not the same as women, and 18 year old men are NOT the same as 18 year old women.

Sure, a hot chick gets unwanted and unwarranted attention. Hell, non-hot chicks get that. But 18 year old women are not being forced to shave, shower, and shit with 18 year old men, and heretofore, always with good reason. 18 year old men are VERY VERY VERY interested in hot chicks to a degree that no one who is not, or has not been one, can really understand. Gay guys have the same drive, just in a different lane. And most straight guys DO NOT LIKE the idea of male sexual interest.

(And if Tiffani Amber of the 18-year great front porch isn't a little bit creeped-out by the idea of displaying her holiest of holies in front of a pack of horny guys, then don't we usually assume she's a little off center anyway?)

So, anyway, if you bring it out in the open like this, some necks are going to get broken in barracks, and some unit efficiencies are going to drop. End of the world? Nah. The pro-gay folks are whining for their cookie and they'll probably get it this time, and whatever the JCS decide is good enough for me the civvie.

So, to close: to me, politically, it's a silly fight to get drawn into, but it's also silly to presume that there's no fight to be had there.

Ford Lots Forced to Sell Toyotas Too

Insane, isn't it?

It's also not true, but something just as insane is:

eHarmony Forced to Provide Same-Sex Matches. Courtesy of Townhall.com.

Why not just start "gayHarmony"? Why pee in eHarmony's pool party? Would the same judge who made this ruling force rehab facilities to allow drinking on-site?

The lengths to which educated people will go to hurl their own liberties onto the train tracks somehow continue to amaze me. Maybe it's time for me to sue my employer to allow me to come to work dressed in assless chaps and a baby bonnet.

"Come now, Smasher, you're just exaggerating."

Uh-huh.