Credo
"Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call, Come to the sea. Come Sail with me." -- John Paul Jones
"Pardon him, Theodotus; he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature" --George Bernard Shaw, "Caesar and Cleopatra"
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."--Friedrich Nietzsche
"A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and injustice. They who bear cruelty, are accomplices in it. The pretended gentleness which excludes that charitable rancour, produces an indifference which is half an approbation. They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate."--Edmund Burke
“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”--General Sir Charles Napier
"Μολὼν λαβέ" -- Leonidas
"Blogito Ergo Sum" -- Neptunus Lex
Wow. He puts the ass in class.
The minor miracle was that Rear Admiral Thomas had the pair to stick his neck out to defend the guy–if it had been the USN he’d have been thrown under the bus quicker than you can say “ERA Harridans” –Or “Tailhook,” for that matter (even quicker if in the USAF.)
Still a few good men down in OZ, it seems….but watch out for those low flying Harpies!
Sorry Liz…. BHWAAAHAHAHAHA!!!
I want to know why wimmin are reading “RALPH” – a men’s magazine.
Stop it I say! It will only end in tears before teatime.
I think the RAN may rethink running ads in magazines like Ralph. It was always going to backfire on them.
One of the problems of being desperate for better new recruitment numbers is that episodes like this happen, and CMDR Phillips fell into a trap. The questions asked had a deliberate angle and he forgot his SOMAC training. Doesn’t mean he’s a bad guy.
umm… kinda begs the question, “what kind of membership demographic in the alleged ‘going down club’??”
NTTAWTT
One the other hand…some real class act down under…
You got to love our Aussie cousins. They ever need us in a fight, we better come running.
OK, I guess this is my ‘european’ upbringing talking, but I find no faults with what this officer said or did. The interview was given to a men’s magazine and the answers fit the questions. He did not say anything that was not true.
I do not see anything wrong with what was going on at the Tailhook either… The women knew what was happening and if they did not want to participate, they should not have gone there. If they were mentally and physically fit to enter Naval Aviation, they should have had enough brains to make an informed decision. End of story. Damn feminists…
I think I like Olga!
Easy, QMan, ever since Babs thru me over and broke our engagement, I’ve been heart-broken looking for a soul mate–and now along comes Olga–you may have some competition from this sexist fossil.