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2005-06-19 Europe

Germany: Army haircut regs infringe personality development

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Posted by too true 2005-06-19 09:58|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Since, unlike our military, any women in the German army would probably never get close enough to a battle to be part of any fighting, this works for me.

With long hair, the idiot male members of the German Army won't be able to get their gas masks to fit right, and.... (fill in the blank yourself). Darwinism in action.

Not that I think the German Army will actually be in combat anytime soon. Except maybe in their own country against islamofascists. (Or maybe not, if they've been hanging around the appeasing Phrogs too long.)

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-06-19 12:31|| http://www.ariellestjohndesigns.com]">[http://www.ariellestjohndesigns.com] 2005-06-19 12:31|| Front Page Top

#2 The one thing to keep in mind is the German army is mostly made up of draftees and will probably remain so for the near and at least mid future. Hence the focus on 'rights' and 'personality development'.

If they ever get serious about having an effective army again, this sort of thing will change in a hurry, I suspect.

Posted by rkb 2005-06-19 12:34|| 2005-06-19 12:34|| Front Page Top

#3 This reminds me of someone (jokingly) describing the 19th century British Army as "a social institution prepared for any emergency save that of war."

Posted by Matt 2005-06-19 12:47|| 2005-06-19 12:47|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm not so sure about the combat thing. Germany's defense mninister did announce recently that the Bundeswehr will participate in more international missions, is likely to be involved in combat and should be prepared for casualties.

That said I can't remember having met a soldier with long hair yet so I guess it's pretty much a non issue.

Those guys will probably peel potatos for the rest of their draft time.

Posted by True German Ally 2005-06-19 15:03|| 2005-06-19 15:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Not to mention ABSALOM's long hair getting caught in a thicket and giving his position away. Ask CROMWELL and America's civil war Armies, North and South, how many men suffered serious or debilitating head and upper body rashes due to pervasive head sweat and lice, ... all the way to Vietnam and Desert Storm.

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2005-06-19 20:45|| n/a]">[n/a] 2005-06-19 20:45|| Front Page Top

#6 If they're eighteen, aren't they supposed to have a personality by now?

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-06-19 21:24|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-06-19 21:24|| Front Page Top

#7 This is mild compared with Germany's permitting gay soldiers to sleep together in barracks.

Posted by Captain America 2005-06-19 22:28|| 2005-06-19 22:28|| Front Page Top

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