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Originally Posted by Tribesman
One thing there Steve, no it isn't about the importance of catering for the minorities and not simply caving in to a majority. Its about the morale boosting and the nature of the crew. The crew is a team which has to work together and like a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, it could be said that though the aim was to strengthen the chain the XO was actively seeking to weaken several parts of the chain.
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A good point, though I don't see it quite that way. I don't think he was seeking to weaken anybody.
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Though the most damning thing in this is that he continued in the same vein after complaining that people were complaining through channels about him, which suggests he was unable to appraise the situation for himself and his crew which is a failure of leadership.
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And that's where you probably have me. In a world where being rammed by another ship at 0200 hours while you're asleep in your rack is grounds for dismissal, the Navy is probably taking the appropriate action in this case, even if I don't believe it's the right one.