Warriors and Wusses

[MadeInNewJersey]

I would never REALLY hate you; I might think you're slightly more stupid than I already do...

naw, scratch that, nothing you can do can shock me anymore

 

[Demonspell]

My friend and Iraq vet emailed this guy (the LA Times dude) a GREAT letter and what did the guy say? "I've gotten hundreds of letters like yours, but yours is the only one I'm replying to. I apologize for writing that article, I've realized now that I was wrong..." And totally serious, apparently.


If I'm lying, may I be struck dead immediately.

This thread is incomplete without the letter...

 

[Krilons Resa]

So let me ask then....conversely, if you DO support the war, then is it equally wussy to sit back and let OTHER people do all the work (i.e infantry, transport, medics, admin, finance, supplies, general labor, etc etc)?

Yes.

 

[NAD]

I would never REALLY hate you; I might think you're slightly more stupid than I already do...

naw, scratch that, nothing you can do can shock me anymore

hahahaha <3

 

[BenMech]

You're far too intelligent to have made such a stupid blanket statement.

Explain why you find it "stupid"

 

[Krilons Resa]

Once they enlist, it is not voluntary. They have no choice. What if they enlisted prior?

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

Explain why you find it "stupid"

Do you have any clue how much of our current armed forces are comprised of poorly educated, low-income teenagers from the nation's ghettos and backwater towns? For a shitton of them, the army is their only shot at a paying job & potential career. I don't think they volunteered to go get shot at by Iraqii insurgents.

 

[BenMech]

i see your response, but I'll reply either tomorrow or overnight

 

[Krilons Resa]

Do you have any clue how much of our current armed forces are comprised of poorly educated, low-income teenagers from the nation's ghettos and backwater towns? For a shitton of them, the army is their only shot at a paying job & potential career. I don't think they volunteered to go get shot at by Iraqii insurgents.

Don;t ever use the word "insurgents" again. Okthnxbye.

 

[cthulufhtagn]

yeah seriously, it's "freedom fighters" or nothing

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents insurgents

 

[NAD]

JEHOVA! JEHOVA! JEHOVA! JEHOVA! JEHOVA! JEHOVA! JEHOVA! JEHOVA!

 

[Dick Sirloin]

OK, I would ask my roomate but I'm drunk and just got home and the pigfucker is asleep

 

[grazim]

Do you have any clue how much of our current armed forces are comprised of poorly educated, low-income teenagers from the nation's ghettos and backwater towns? For a shitton of them, the army is their only shot at a paying job & potential career. I don't think they volunteered to go get shot at by Iraqii insurgents.

That's cause for pity. A situation in which the best way to escape poverty is by going overseas and killing for your government is a shitty situation. That's a hellish choice to make and no one should ever be presented with it, but it's still a choice. There is a big difference between pity and a ticket to moral absolution.

 

[NAD]

TOONCES!!!

 

[IOfTheStorm]

Don;t ever use the word "insurgents" again. Okthnxbye.

The correct word is "terrorists"

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

That's cause for pity. A situation in which the best way to escape poverty is by going overseas and killing for your government is a shitty situation. That's a hellish choice to make and no one should ever be presented with it, but it's still a choice. There is a big difference between pity and a ticket to moral absolution.

You live in quite the black or white world, don't you? Kudos for having the keen foresight to understand every-fucking-thing. Care to explain the meaning of the universe to me? I'll wait.

 

[Thanatopsis123]

You live in quite the black or white world, don't you? Kudos for having the keen foresight to understand every-fucking-thing. Care to explain the meaning of the universe to me? I'll wait.

What am I missing in grazim's post that spawned this reply?

 

[IOfTheStorm]

I am seriously happy that there are people like Grazim (and Nad, because i'm guessing his opinions).

 

[KILL TULLY]