There's nothing wrong with what Anonymous said. In fact, I think it's preferable to start over instead of everyone leading a life of anger, regret, resentment, and disconnection. For example, my father was emotionally & physically abusive to my family when he was an alcoholic. He sobered up when I was 9 years old and we've worked to maintain a healthy relationship into my adulthood. I appreciate that he's in my life now, which probably would not be the case had my mother divorced him when I was a child.
So yeah, a relationship can absolutely survive if there's abuse. It really depends on the abuser's willingness to change and for the aggrieved victims to grant forgiveness.
Bottle blond. Check. Gozonga implants. Check. Douchenozzle GOP lackey in her family. Check. Horseback riding. Check.
Stay cultured, FL.
Huh? It seemed to work when we ended the disaster known as Prohibition. That took the money right out of the mafia's pocket and the violence off the street.
The Germans killed a shit-ton of good Marines. And if you know anything about the Marines, you'd know that they 1.) are not PC in the least bit and 2.) don't go out of their way to honor, respect and glorify their enemies.
This seems like more of a matter of civilians not understanding Marine culture.
It's more to do with anything you would be embarrassed by if found out by your employer, friends, family, community, etc. The point is that if someone could use it to plausibly blackmail you, then it would be considered 'extreme' and you would be passed over for a job if you handled sensitive information. There's the chance, however slight, that you could be blackmailed into giving up classified information.
Same goes for people with high levels of 'bad' debt (ie gambling, credit cards, or other consumer debt). If you got money problems, the government is not going to trust you with its secrets. There's a good chance you might accept a bribe or are just plainly irresponsible (and this incompetent).
Moral fiber and ethical conduct are closely scrutinized in these checks.
Any background investigation for an appointee position or a security clearance will almost always touch upon moral and ethical elements of the individual's personality, among other deeply personal elements. If you display a low degree of loyalty to your friends/family, then why would we trust you to be loyal to the American government? I think that these are fair topics to broach.
Another huge issue is blackmail. If an individual has a sordid past with drugs, extreme sexual behavior, unsavory (yet legal) business practices, or anything else that would be 'embarrassing' if revealed, the government wants to know and WILL find out about it. They don't want to hire someone who might be susceptible to blackmail. It's not even really a 'moral' judgment, but more of the idea that 'we can't afford to take a chance with this guy....even if he's changed his ways.' This is especially relevant for diplomats and intelligence officials who are privy to top secret documents and are actively monitored by foreign elements.
Kelly's name has been dragged through the mud and he has no recourse. Even though he's innocent, he still has the stigma of "RAPIST" unfairly hanging over his head.
Projecting much?