Originally Posted by peragro

I think that's too bad.

I think that people do like admiration of their technical proficiencies and not just soldiers. Woodworkers, artists, steelworkers, anyone who works and does a good job at it likes to be noticed for it. It has to do with pride in doing a good job. It's the main reason why I end up doing pretty much everything around the house and on the cars. There's a real lack of pride in workmanship that is prevelent today - it shows in the crap work that is done. That's why I go out of my way to notice when someone does a good job at something. I like to reinforce pride in good work in the hopes that it'll happen more often.