So this is what our mighty Navy has come to, a collection of politically correct knee jerkers. Or maybe just plain jerks?
As you might recall, the Navy had a hissy fit 4 years after the fact in the wake of the repeal of DADT when comedy videos produced by Executive Officer Owen Honors hit the public airwaves.
Some of the footage contained remarks that might be offensive to homosexuals. And of course homosexuals can now serve openly in our armed forces and take a bullet for their country. But, it’s apparently forbidden to poke jokes at them because they need extra protection for their feelings.
Or at least today’s PC conscience Navy seems to think so.
CBS News reports that the admiral conducting the investigation into the raunchy videos shown to the crew of the aircraft carrier Enterprise has recommended that Captain Owen Honors, who as the ship's executive officer, produced and starred in the videos, be discharged from the Navy.
Earlier, Honors had been relieved of his command, but this would kick him out of the Navy.
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Honors has a right to show cause why he should not be kicked out. He has submitted a 15-page written statement claiming that the videos were known and even tacitly encouraged by his superior officers.
His attorney, Charles Gittens, has been quoted as saying that the videos were not inappropriate by the standards that existed aboard Navy ships at the time they were shown in 2006 and 2007, and that they conveyed important safety messages to the crew.
The investigation, which will also decide what action to take against other senior officers who knew about the videos, is expected to be completed this week.
