I'm still trying to get past the spelling and grammar in the original post! Come on.... I know A LOT of you were thinking the same thing!
If you continue to be a member of this discussion forum, you are going to have to understand one thing: not all wrestlers, wrestling fans, wrestling coaches, wrestling parents, or wrestling officials are Ernest Hemingway. Many of them are not even close, but that is alright. Every one of them is passionate about the toughest sport that an adolescent or young adult can compete in. I do not grade them on their writing skills, I grade them on their loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity and personal courage. These are the seven core army values, and as long as they emulate these values, I am appreciative of their service in the sport of wrestling. Some of us stray at times, I know that I have, but in the end, there are few communities of practice that emulate these values in a manner that the soldiers of our military could be more proud of.
I wrote this on the youth forum tonight. Just something to think about. For most of us with military ties today, times have changed. We rely on each other to get through the fight. It doesn't matter who you are or where you are from, whether your parents were affluent or whether they lived in a mobile home (mobile mansion as I like to refer to it). I am sure that there was a time that "no one gets left behind" didn't always stick. It does now, and the ones that don't believe in it, need to find another occupation.
