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:: Monday, January 17, 2005 ::
Because It's Pertinant
A quote from The West Wing, "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet"
Fitzwallace: We're discussing gays in the military, huh?
Thompson: Yes, sir.
Fitzwallace: Hm. What do you think? I said, what do you think?
Thompson: Sir, we're here to help the White House form a policy...
Fitzwallace: I know, I'm asking you what you think.
Tate: Sir, we're not prejudiced toward homosexuals.
Fitzwallace: You just don't want to see them serving in the armed forces.
Tate: No, sir, I don't.
Fitzwallace: Because they form a threat to unit discipline and cohesion.
Thompson: Yes, sir.
Fitzwallace: That's what I think too. I also think the military wasn't designed to be an instrument of social change.
Thompson: Yes, sir.
Fitzwallace: Problem with that is, that's what they were saying about me fifty years ago. Blacks shouldn't serve with whites. It would disrupt the unit. You know what? It did disrupt the unit. The unit got over it. The unit changed. I'm an admiral in the U.S. Navy and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Beat that with a stick.
:: The Squire 1:00 PM :: email this post :: ::
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