It's Marine, not soldier
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redwingjs — 16 years ago(July 28, 2009 06:17 PM)
No, it's not. Thinking that it is the same shows your ignorance and complete lack of respect.
I'm not an actor. I just play one on TV.
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smoke_a_joint — 16 years ago(November 08, 2009 12:48 PM)
hey.. I also thought that saying "soldier" would be fine.. I mean after all, isn't a marine just as honorable as any other soldier? or is it that a marine is more honorable than someone else? If someone calls me doctor, I don't care if he calls me Dr. of Biochemistry or just Doc.. althought there certainly are vast differences in any field of profession, isn't especially a soldier an honor title in itself that literally cannot be raised further?
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cpaul085 — 16 years ago(February 11, 2010 07:20 AM)
smoke_a_joint you missed the entire point of this discussion."Isn't a marine just as honorable as any other soldier?" The point being made is that Soldier is NOT a broad term for military personnel.a common misconception of the term Soldier. A "Soldier" would be in the Army. There is a specific term for each branch. Marine - Marine Core, Sailor - Navy, Airman - Air Force, Soldier - Army, Guardsman - Coast Guard. Does this not make sense? .
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leahbethm — 16 years ago(November 15, 2009 12:43 AM)
People that are NOT in the military should not be expected to know the difference between soldier and marine, etc.
The young girl in the film didn't have a clue about military 'titles' so it wasn't a bad thing that she referred to him as a soldier. -
JonM1911 — 16 years ago(July 29, 2009 10:05 AM)
And we have a winner for douchebag of the wk post! As someone who is into all things military, and is going to enlist in the Navy for a chance at BUD/s I don't see how its so hard. Even if its just out of respect, although I don't expect civilians to know all the technical stuff, they should know the difference between Airman, Marine, Sailor, and Soldier. And I agree, I think that everyone should serve a mandatory tour in the military, might help shape up my generation.
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krivak2 — 16 years ago(August 19, 2009 11:05 PM)
I, too, am an ex-Marine, so I understand where you're coming from, BUT
It never bothered me at all when someone would refer to me as "soldier." Why should I be upset at someone who doesn't know any better? I also never saw anything productive in shaming the person by correcting their mistake. As long as it is said in a spirit of respect, why make the fuss? Now if someone is being a jackass and calls you "soldier" that's different. MHO
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oldsalt61 — 16 years ago(October 18, 2009 07:21 PM)
I think it's a post draft thing. There is a progressively smaller percentage of the general population having served in the military with the aging/death of the WWII and Vietnam generations and as a result there are more people who aren't as familiar with the proper terminology. My experience is that such an "error" is best handled by considering the intent of the person addressing you. If they are attempting to address you respectfully you may have the opportunity of correcting them without embarrassing them. If time or circumstances don't allow for that simply acknowledge them respectfully and move on. IMHO overreacting and embarrassing the person who is trying to be polite does nothing but drive a little more wedge into the divide between the military and civilian worlds. Now if it being said in an attempt to be disrespectful; well, how you handle that has to be based on the individual situation.
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sirsalon — 16 years ago(November 19, 2009 11:11 PM)
Thanks for injecting some sanity into this conversation. If this conversation had been in real time, it would have come to blows and who knows what else.
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mastadoy — 16 years ago(November 28, 2009 02:37 PM)
Pretty funny thread. In Norway we have a "mandatory" military service of one year (for males), which about 75% decide to trade in for a more fruitful civilian service. Meaning, working for a low symbolic sum at for instance a local school, health care center or retirement homes. Therefore, military rank is something almost all Norwegians really don't care about, and why should we? A soldier is someone who has chosen to "serve his country" (what a thought, implying that finding other healthy labours aren't a part of serving ones country) in the military, no matter which part of the military he or she has chosen to join. And why on earth should a soldier deserve more respect than say, a teacher? Should a math teacher be offended for someone calling him just.."teacher"? Wars are a far away subject in our country, because we have chosen it to be so. And therefore respect is something you earn, as a decent human being, not something you automatically are entitled to for putting on a uniform.