-- 1) please talk for yourself or provide a proof that someone asked you to represent him or her.
2) If someone wants to find "disrespectful, elitist, anti-military" words, he or she will find them in the phrase "The weather is cold."
Uh, no. But c'mon, man, think about it: you're coming to a site that's all about the US military and people who want to serve in it and saying "I will do everything to prevent [my daughter] from going active duty. I need her alive."
By doing that, you're saying that your child's life is, somehow,
objectively more important and significant than the lives of everyone on this site who either has served, is serving, or will serve. By extension, you're saying that the parents on this site
don't value the lives of their own children. Please understand that some might find that offensive.
You can't enjoy the freedoms that exist in this country and then try to
prevent your kid from joining the organization that protects and ensures that those freedoms can continue.
Is it okay to not be thrilled if you have a kid that wants to be in the military? Sure! My parents still aren't thrilled, and I started at USNA three years ago. But they also realized that I was making an informed decision, wanted to do something to give back to the country, and, most importantly,
that it wasn't their call.
(Also, I laughed out loud at "grammatical Hindenburg." Nice.)