Wednesday 16 September 2009

Your mother wears army boots and carries a gun!!

The harbinger of a local debate on the role of Australian service women in theatres of conflict?

Every women is either a mother or a potential mother and I am quite sure that no civilised person would want a would-be killer for a mother. [Quote from a The Daily Examiner letter to the editor decrying moves to potentially increase the presence of women on the frontline,11 September 2009]

Which leaves a burning question - when it comes to having a parent in the armed forces what is the difference between having a would-be killer for a mother as opposed to having a would-be killer for a father?

No comments: