[Publib] Army and homeless

[Kathleen Horan]

Amen to that sentiment, Susan.  Recruiters go after the most vulnerable members of society and succeed in seducing them.  It makes me furious when various reps from the armed forces come into the library wanting me to display their propaganda. I politely tell them no, we don't post anything that isn't educational or non-profit, and these guys blink their puppy-dog eyes and insist with all sincerity that the army/navy/marines/air force IS an education.  Sorry, I'd rather promote an education wherein the student stands a lesser chance of being shot or blown up or screwed up.  Local and national government never know what to do with the homeless. Now they want to eliminate through recruitment.  It's pathetic.
 
 
Kathleen P. Horan, M.L.S.
Branch Manager
Palm View Branch Library
McAllen, TX
956-688-3322

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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Susan Dennis
Sent: Sat 9/15/2007 10:57 AM
To: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Publib] Army and homeless


I was also wondering what that had to do with library services.

What bothers me in all these posts of praise is that they ignore the elephant in the room. Great you get a lot of training, but oops, there's that pesky war thing. So you join up (usually based on lies many recruiters are known to tell) with promises of training and a home and a chance for education. Then you find out that to earn it, you have to risk life and limb and mental stability.

If they want to take that chance and they are fully informed, great. But it bothers me that the government is pursuing those who are more desperate or less likely to be informed about the truth of military recruiting or understand the contracts that they sign.


Susan Dennis 

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