Remarkable. I don't know what to think about this guy. Why have I not heard of him before? Am I that behind on the news?

i hadn't heard of him either. something tells me that we may be hearing a lot of him in the near future.

This sounds like opposing fundamental principles of being in the military, but I'll pop for this guy anyway.

A society that champions its punks is in serious decline.

As opposed to a society that codemns people for standing up for what they believe in?

and a society that refers to people who stand up for what they believe in at the risk humiliation as "punks" may be worse off still.