Teresita-

You are often accused of off topic comments and being argumentative. At times your arguments vary widely within a short time span. However, although you attack from all sides you do not seem to go too far down any one path (well, usually). I believe you actually are not too far away from the majority of posters here. you just like to chip away at rough edges.

You mention Taoist study in your blog. Your arguments seem to fit in with the Tai Chi or Kung Fu fighting styles.

Don’t take any of this too seriously, my entire exposure to Taoism was reading “The Tao of Pooh” several times. It was a gift from my wifes friend prior to deployment.

It was an entertaining read, and it actually saved me from Captain’s mast at least once.

Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

About the women on combat ships position the Navy had. In the 1980′s it was obviously wrong and they knew it needed fixed. Any billet that was challenging had equal numbers of men and women trying to get in, and when the sea/shore rotations were lopsided, that always meant that men were trying to get the few shore billets that were filled by women or the women were trying to get the few sea billets filled by men.

At the time, the Navy had figured out how to fix their racial inequities. Charges of racism were taken seriously, and dealt with harshly. Charges that were found to be unsubstantiated were dealt with equally harshly. All the Navy had to do was decide that women could be on combat ships and then enforce rules fairly to make it work.

The Nimitz Class carriers were “integrated” after I left and the Navy has better sailors to show for it.

Oh, and Debian. Ubuntu on the laptops.