I feel like posting some more, so I will.

Everyone is going on about respect, but I think Boozeboxer made a very good point earlier in this thread. Basically, No Contest has started a thread saying that he is joining the army and on the whole it has been a lot of backslapping and handshakes, which is nice. But I struggle to see why people are getting so upset when a dissident voice comes into the mix. We all know Hornfinger has his own particular posting style and that it is rather in your face, but I don't think that No Contest has been in any way upset by any of it. I happen to think he has made some very good points and it is good to make someone think more about the important life decision that is going to be made. No contest will either listen to it or dismiss it and that is his call, but the only ones getting upset by it are people who have absolutely no stake in that decision.

Just seems a bit silly to me. Nobody has attempted to counter any of Hornfingers arguments at all and that is quite telling. Instead it's a whole lot of "Young man, you must stay in your place and show some respect!". It is absurd really. Like I said earlier, I wish No contest well and will respect whatever decision he comes to make, but for others to attempt to wash out any discussion of that life choice is too much. This is a hidden board on a boxing site and it thrives on a bunch of oddballs saying their thing and acting in their own particular ways. I wouldn't want to eradicate any of that. Sure, I want people to get along and on the whole most of us do, but as long as none of us going too far and saying "No contest, I hate the military, you motherfucker. Die!", then none of us should be getting too upset. That last example is obviously where the line is crossed and I think everyone would agree on that, but I don't think that line has been reached.