Unfortunately, it's a biological drive for species to be so aggressively short-sighted that many cause their own extinction events, often brought about through over-breeding and over-harvesting precious resources critical to survival. Humans are clearly no exception to this problem. I believe...
So far as I understood it MD you don't need to be convicted of anything to get put on this list. An employer just needs to accuse you of something and they can add you to the list themselves. You won't even know you're on the list until you get a knockback for a job.
Military Examining Processing Station in Jacksonville was one of the boring/longest processes I have ever been through. It is supposed to only last one day. However mine lasted 4 days, 3 of which were actually processing. But in the end I finished it. I even got my Ranger spot. No real reason...
Being an attorney, you'll ideally want something easily concealable for daily wear which you can then put in your glovebox before heading into the courtroom (in PA I know you can't carry into a courts building unless you're law enforcement). That takes care of a lot of the larger automatics...
Stereotypes, I think, can also come from one's culture and upbringing. For instance: I grew up in a largely Hispanic community. At the dinner table, it was proper for all men to be served and eat first before women and children. It was also proper for the women to clean up after the men. Thus...
These sorts of stories just blow me away. I find it quite hard to get my head around the numbers and figures involved in a massive war like WWI.
It seems a time and a place so removed from anything that I know or have experienced. I worry that as more of these guys pass on that we're edging...