Posted: 4/5/2008 9:53:42 PM EDT
In the team forum www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=75&t=695553 Pat |
But I will be a good little Marine and let the legal system handle this
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Semper, First, I do not know if you plan to make the Marines a career or not. But one thing for sure, if you take this matter into your own hands. You can kiss any plans that you might have with the Marines good bye. As others have said, let the law take care of it. But I think another factor that everyone else seems to be missing is that your honor has been tarnished. And as a Marine that is a big issue, aint it? You stood by your friend to the point that there has been some words between you and your family. So, now they are right and you have lost face with them. Now show your maturity and confess your mistake and ask for their forgiveness. We all make mistakes about people. But this is not your fault. He did this, not you. You did the honorable thing. And as far as you HUMANLY knew, he had never done anything to warrant you to not trust him. So, do not beat up on yourself for what happened. Your cousin more than likely got a crush on him an and batted her eyes at him. I bet she is a looker too. Unfortunately he was weak and should have gently rebuffed her. As the saying goes, should have, would have. But for sure, you should drop him as a friend and move on. Hopefully your mutual friends will see him for what he is, a immature person and will not what to have anything to do with him either. Good luck and thanks for your service and protection you provide the rest of us. Max ex USAF SSgt. |
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As posted in team, just realized the cross post was here: The only duty you have is to do the right thing. People have to accept responsibility for their own actions. When they can't, they look around for someone to take the blame. You didn't create this situation, and you don't have any duty to resolve it. The resolution here will be legal, and determined by statute. That both parties were stupid is clear. Who gets punished, and whether that's fair is not even relevant to your analysis. EVERYONE gets punished when something like this happens. Learn from this. First, you've learned the hard way that a "friend" would never put you or anyone you care about in this situation. Second, you've learned that family members make mistakes you can't fix. You just have to live with that. Third, you're tough enough to work through this. Stand up. Be a man. Choose the most honorable course of action, if you have to act. Threats, beatdowns, etc. are the actions of cowards. ETA: Your courage is always tested. You pass this one. |
SemperMO's honor is intact and un-tarnished! Only he can dishonor himself and as a former Marine I know this to be true. Mis-placed trust in a friend will not hurt one's honor but will hurt ones feelings. The Corps has opened SemperMO's eyes to the world as it really is and it is not a pretty place even at home. |
We are not TEAM members, the link is to the team. I dont even know what happened, but I hope everything is/turns out OK. |
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