Assumptions (7/4/14)

I’m predominantly a pacifist, and I find that amusing because left to my own devices I’m actually extremely aggressive by nature. I’m not going to go into why I would just as soon walk away from war, but I will say I’m highly supportive of the men and women who choose to serve in some capacity. I find their willingness to be of service to their country very honorable. Even though I don’t believe in War I did talk to a Marine recruiter about entering OCS after I finished school. He informed me I had some medical issues that would more than likely preclude me from enlisting, and it may have been for the best because I don’t think I would have made a very good soldier.

I bring this up not just because of the date, but because I recently came across a man claiming to be a veteran. Normally I try not to jump to conclusions because you know what you get when you assume, an Ass out of U and Me. I stood by and listened to this man give me his spiel. The problem with his claim was he was 15 miles out of his way in the wrong direction for it to be accurate. Now I didn’t want to assume he was lying to me even though he was, but he most definitely assumed I would hand him money. To be honest he may have been better off telling me the truth. I may have been more likely to give him something based on his honesty, but we will never know because he jumped to a conclusion before he ever said a word to me.