Posted on May 19, 2015
Why do some Vets, so quickly, affiliate their status with everything?
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Why do some Vets, so quickly, affiliate their status with everything? I'm looking at some of these groups and wonder to myself how they would be viewed by the majority-general public. We will or are labeled as a group, but yet we have a few attaching "Vet" to somethings it shouldn't be. The main ones I take issue with are personnel conquest that request monies from the population around them. Many of the donors are probably people that have served or people that could put that money to better use, such as sustainment of their family. So how do you feel about this, and do you feel it's ethical to attach a "Veteran" status to all or any of your causes?
http://veteransagainstisis.com/
http://vetpaw.org/
http://nvsf.org/Home.html
http://veteransagainstisis.com/
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Service members are conditioned to being a part of a selected group MOS and a unit, once a service member leaves the service he becomes a Veteran, but that is a general label that causes an internal drive to belong to once again belong to a unit. So Doc you comprende?
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SFC (Join to see)
I understand the sense of belonging, but do these people not understand the larger impact they have on the community as a whole when a veteran thing pops off in the media, that is bad? The term "vet" has been used so loosely to chase or create chances for them that they, as it seems to me, have tarnished the title Veteran for their on wishes, wills, or causes. I've recently discussed with a large employer, 33000+ employees, why he doesn't view "veteran" in a positive light.
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CPT Pedro Meza
Christopher, Good dialogue, look at it from the level of the subconsciousness which is driving by internal memories and desires which can over ride the higher brain functions of reason. This effects both Veterans as well as non Veterans (employers).
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Sometimes it is a scam to get attention to the cause and collect funds that aren't even going to Vets. But with the nation being at war for so long people will donate cause they think they are helping out. I do not agree with the organizations that are doing this.
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I have seen lots of "vets" misuse the title. People have been doing it for years publicly. I often wonder just how many of the panhandlers seen on street corners holding sings claiming their Veterans actually are Veterans.
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