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CrooksAndLiars - "Jared Guinther, who was diagnosed with autism at 3 years-old got a thumbs up from Army recruiters in Portland to one of the most dangerous jobs. Nice going guys, Did you: "Be all you can be?" "

posted by carrotfire
5/13/2006 12:20:51 PM

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Guaii : LVL 43: VP 5: said:

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1274 days 22 hours ago...

Hahahaha... talk about grasping at straws!

I guess a draft may have to be used to get the numbers of drones required for the impending IRANIAN invasion/ occupation.

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ze_resistance : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

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1274 days 22 hours ago...

haha, btw the guy sounds smarter than most soldiers.

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hahajohnnyb : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

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1274 days 19 hours ago...

Guy sounds and acts pretty normal. I was expecting rainman or something.

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yarray : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

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1274 days 9 hours ago...

He wants to be a ninja. He may sound smart from the interview but he prob has a totaly ass backwards view of reality, and war is no place for a kid like that.

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numnums : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

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1273 days 11 hours ago...

You're the first drone on the list guaii!!!!!!! Oh wait your not old enough!

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Hristof : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

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1273 days 3 hours ago...

Ha! And with a name like numnums makes you sound really mature...
Anyway, what the hell is the army thinking of? Enlisting someone with mental disabilities? He would only be a liability to everyone around him, no matter how proportional his condition is.

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kryptin : LVL 41: VP 4.9: said:

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1272 days 7 hours ago...

autism has a vast range of disability. Some can be quite normal with small quirks while other are completely lost to reality. This guy is obviously not one of those wheelchair bound drooling freaks. If he wanted to join the army let him the people mad here are his parents who are probably over protective and people who probably don't understand autism at all and just hear mental disorder and think it's wrong.

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Havoc2K7 : LVL 5: VP 1.4: said:

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1203 days 5 hours ago...

He seemed way more mature than most of the "normal" people I know of his age. I dont know enough about autism to make a judgement. But he should be able to do what he wants to do. Good story though.

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Drax1289 : LVL 10: VP 1.9: said:

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954 days 7 hours ago...

If i wasnt told he was autistic, just from that short film, I wouldnt have guessed it myself. A friend of mine has an autistic child and its decidedly apparent. My only comment here is, if the young man has full use of his facalties, why isnt he good enough to serve his country?

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