I got into a verbal debate with this guy and I ended up calling him a piece of **** and a liar. He is in the military - but in the arguement I did not say anything bad about the government or military or america- i just happened to insult a member of the US army. Hes claiming he can report me for bad mouthing him becuase he is part of the us army... is he for real??? Can they do anything about me insulting him???
2006-07-15 15:37:18 · 23 answers · asked by ChrissyLicious 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
It was in a phone conversation. NOT online, he knows where I work and my first name otherwise... not much about me
2006-07-15 15:42:03 · update #1
Hah! He does sound like a piece of ****! You can only get in trouble if you are also in the military! And then it's usually when you're both on duty, in uniform, in the same chain of command, he outranks you, etc etc.
2006-07-15 15:43:47 · answer #1 · answered by Terisu 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No there is nothing he can do to you if you are a civilian. All he is doing is trying to scare you I have been in the military for 15 years and I have been called everything in the book and I couldn't do anything to a civilian but if you were a soldier then he could do something like councel you and recommend to the Chain of Command for UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice).
2006-07-16 02:06:02 · answer #2 · answered by ZigZag 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as long as you are not in the military there is nothing he can do about it. hes just trying to use the fact that he is in the military to scare you. but he cant do a thing. now if you were in the military and you were a private or something and cussed out a high important person, like a captain or a sergeant major or something, then you could get in a little trouble.
2006-07-15 23:34:38 · answer #3 · answered by krystal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He could file a false report and cause a little trouble for you. In the end it would be your word against his. If he exaggerated his claims strongly enough, that could cause a good, hard , close look to be taken at you. In the end it would probably go away, but why take that chance, and have to endure the scrutiny, when you can call him up and apologize? and next time just keep your mouth shut?
2006-07-15 22:48:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is really full of it. If everyone who ever insulted a soldier got in trouble, the jails would be full & the military would have no time to do anything else. He is messing with your head. Tell him I said he was a butthead & I am the mother os a US Army Ranger & Officer. His insulting my son can get him in trouble.
2006-07-15 23:27:34 · answer #5 · answered by Wolfpacker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uh, the last time I checked you live in America, haven't you ever heard of the First Amendement? You have the right of freedom of speech! Screw him, and the military. You can so and do whatever you want as long as it is not a crime.
2006-07-15 22:41:24 · answer #6 · answered by evercyn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh comon unless he walks around with a recorder in his pocket there is no way he can prove that you said any of the stuff u said.. you just deny it all if there was no one else there....besides ever heard of 1st amendment? u have freedom of speech so u can insult the us army and unless u say a specific reason you cant get in trouble.
2006-07-15 22:43:54 · answer #7 · answered by Love Exists? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he's full of crap, being in the military does not offer him any more protection from verbal abuse than any other citizen of this country, if it was otherwise i could have had A LOT of people arrested for things they have said to me, considering i am a soldier AND law enforcement as my civilian job.
2006-07-15 22:42:35 · answer #8 · answered by thirteen_fox 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. this is a federal offense. you are supposed to respect the people who are in the army and in any branch of the people that our serving our country. if he truely does report you..you could be looking from anywhere from 1-2 years in prison.
i advise that you flee the country.
2006-07-15 22:42:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this guy for real...well tell the dumb*** that you cannot get into trouble for calling him names just because he is in the military...sounds to me he needs to jump back down to reality.
2006-07-15 23:06:34 · answer #10 · answered by Mel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋