Calling Bradley Manning a She---Educate me DU.

[alan_phillips]

13. The fact that this has turned into such a big issue

tells a lot about the way of thinking. It should never be about someones gender, race, sexual orientation, or any other way of identifying yourself. The actions are separate from the person. Pvt. Manning has not had a sex change, he still has the same parts as before, he just asked to be referred to as a she. This does not change the facts of the case. If he wants to be referred to as she, fine, but that doesn't make his/her case any different. The info that was leaked varied from things that needed to be fixed, to crimes that should have been punished. The problem with this case is that the people doing the crimes in the leaked information were never spoke of again. The he/she thing should not matter, and those who want to keep bringing it up and making a big deal of it should have more respect for the actual crimes that occurred and try and have a good debate where we can state our opinions of not only what was revealed, but also what we think should have been done after it all came out. We cannot change what has happened, but we can look for good ideas to fix it and keep the same actions from re-occurring so that no one feels the need in the future to have to release secrets to save lives, because the crimes are not committed again.

Sorry if some of that is worded weird. I have difficulty sometimes articulating my thoughts in writing.