It doesn't matter to me whether or not you have served in the military. I know you didn't. The veteran remark was not directed at you. It was directed at the mods to re-categorize ratings associated with number of posts. It makes me puke to see the word veteran next to your name on the web board. I realize there are numerous definitions to the word veteran (like the one by your handle); however I was hoping they wouldn't use veteran to label a person who has submitted a certain number of posts. In times of war, Veteran is most commonly taken to mean veteran of mil service and not the myriad of other definitions. I was just hoping they would replace veteran with any other number of titles (like ones used on other boards such as old head, block holder, senior member, experienced poster, blabbermouth, etc.) I just hate seeing the word veteran associated with people who have never served a day in their life no matter how loosely. You can support and defend the military to your heart's content, but don't confuse supporting someone who has served with stirring the pot on US Aviation, especially when you only do it on the company's dime. You're not even willing to contribute on your own time. You can justify your abuse of company time and bandwidth any way you want, but don't try to pass it off as "defending" the company and military servicemen. If you were so concerned with defending NWA and the proud men and women who have served in this great country's military, you could show a little conviction by contributing at a time when it might actually mean something other than passing time at work.
PS. I'm willing to bet most current or former military servicemen (myself included) don't feel like they need the likes of you to defend them. But hey, if it makes you feel good post on.