Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Hmmmm.....

I listen to the news about this push to allow gays to be openly recognized in the military.

This is a conundrum in my head... here's why.

Whenever you're in a public place and mother nature calls you what do you do?

Yup, you try to find a rest room.

When you find a restroom, what choices do you have?

1) Men's
2) Women's
3) Unisex... which is a small room with a lock on it for privacy.

Why these choices?

My understanding is the choices are there because people want to keep sexual (and bodily function) privacy.

A woman doesn't want any old man lust over her privates and ...

a man doesn't want any old woman lust over his privates.

Now, we've got a dilemma..

A "good looking" gay doesn't necessarily want an "ugly" gay drooling over his privates.

I expect bi-sexuals and lesbians would also appreciate discretion.

So now we have our military.

It's been developed to be mobile, lean, and mean.

Setting up a base needs to be fast and efficient.

Building a ship requires speed (as small a size as possible.), and compactness so that the maximum force can be delivered per mission.

Now, the consequences of getting rid of the don't ask, don't tell policy.

1) The straight troops won't want to go into the standard (efficient) ten toilet seats in a row outhouse used on most bases. Why? Because an open gay would be there exposing his privates and lusting after yours. (i.e. the straight would be brought into the situation. This distracts two troops instead of just one.)

2) The gays, lesbians, and bi-sexuals would be lusting over each other's privates which will distract them from focusing on their mission. If one doesn't know the proclivity of the other, then there won't be two brought into the distraction from their mission.


If don't ask, don't tell is eliminated there will have to be privacy stalls installed into all the outhouses... more weight to transport, more expense, less mobility, a weaker military.

Going further... all public places will have to modify their restrooms from multiple stall rooms to individual "unisex" (one person at a time) rooms to assure the privacy of attendees. Very costly, especially where crowds assemble.

My take.

Keep sexual preferences private in public places.

Ignorance is bliss and no psychological damage will be done to anyone regardless of sexual proclivity.

Keep Don't Ask, Don't tell. It will keep things a whole lot simpler.

If DADT goes away, we'll need TSA agents at each restroom door to make sure no one is cheating!