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That wouldn't necessarily work, because Napoleon was constantly exposed to the arsenic in the paint of his house on St. Helena, while Descartes would have only received it once.

I couldn't stop laughing at this because as soon as I read it, the only thing I could think of was Q from Star Trek: The Next Generation.

I consistently see people saying that "There is no right to military service.", which is something I emphatically agree with. However, in the same vein, there is no right to be comfortable in the military. Simply because a gay person makes you uncomfortable it does not give you the right to deny them service, that only holds true when it causes some lowering in efficiency. I will say that I must agree that the military is not the place to push change, that is society's issue.