BrainGlutton, I think you had a legitimate question about that novel in there somewhere. However, keep in mind that the way you phrased your question isn’t a great way to endear yourself to most of the people here in a position to answer using their own direct experience.
That’s all I have.
Man, you military types are awfully thin-skinned, aren’t you?
Just Mr. Moto, so far. I didn’t see anything offensive in BrainGlutton’s post.
D_Odds
USAF 1989-1993
Really! I mean, he wasn’t asking if enlisted personnel are unintelligent, just if that is the common perception of them among officers. That’s a perfectly reasonable question, and he asked it in a perfectly reasonable manner.
If you want tactless, on the other hand, check out my reply!
Seriously, Moto: if you have a beef with anyone, it would seem to be Jerry Pournelle, not BrainGlutton. BrainGlutton didn’t write the book, he just read it and wondered about the attitude exhibited by the author.
Dude, chill. He was asking if such a thing existed, not expressing it as his own. You should read twice before pitting.
I didn’t see anything tactless about the OP - if I’d started that thread, I think I probably would have written a similar post. He’s made it clear that what he wants to know if officer’s opinions, at no point did he say “well, clearly they’re unintelligent”, even jokingly. What in particular did you find to be tactless?
Yup, ditto to the above. It’s the subject line that’s in question – by it’s nature, it has to be succinct, and can’t possibly be riddled with enough qualifiers so that someone, somewhere won’t find it tactless.
If you note my post from the OT, it seems that BG can’t read, not that he has a bad opinion of the military.
Nothing to Pit here.
Doesn’t **BG **live in Florida? SF = San Francisco. 
Jerry Pournelle? Explains everything. There are those who note the day he met Larry Niven as Black Thursday.
Heh. My first thought when I saw the thread title was that Moto was bringing up the flap over the USS Iowa again.
Here it would mean science fiction.
Another vote for an inoffensive question.
Stupidly over sensative.
I may be ‘stupidly oversensitive’ to spelling, but I otherwise agree with you 100%. On this subject, Mr. Moto isn’t worth listening to.
And here I opened this thread thinking SF = Special Forces. Needless to say, I’m disappointed…
So, Moto, it’s amazing you can actually walk around with your knees doing that weird… whatever it is they’re doing… thing.
Actually, evidence suggests that he didn’t finish reading it once.
No offense for me from BrainGlutton question. I was US Navy 85-89.
Jim
The OP here is inane.
The OP there is unoffensive.
But the thread title in the GQ menu is suggestive of tactlessness:
To which the answer is: YES! That’s why in the mess hall they always fed us stupid food for breakfast.
:rolleyes: :dubious: 
Yeesh. Read the OP, Mr. Moto, not just the thread title.