Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 15, 2010
December 14, 2010
December 16, 2010
Transcript:
Melissa: If you don't mind my asking, how did you get busted? Soldier: Facebook. The new version has a "best friend" functionality, and I forgot to best-friend my girlfriend. So she goes off on me on some milblog which is read by my CO! Bam - I'm on the next flight home! Melissa: Wow... Facebook really is evil! Soldier: So's Google. Just as rough on relationships!
As for being “caught in the act”, it may be true that that makes one’s sexual orientation known to command. While not exactly “telling”, it may be thought to eliminate command’s burden to “not ask”. None of that has anything to do with justice.
A friend was busted in a barracks sweep (his first indiscretion after years of playing it by the book). The many heterosexual couples busted on the same night got slaps on the wrist. The gay couple(s) lost their careers.