So shooting people is a chore now?
Apparently pussies around the world are pissed off that a US Marine General spoke honestly about the awesomeness of shooting motherfuckers up.
I guess I just don't get people. Regardless of our political affiliation, we all say we "support the troops", but once they begin to enjoy their job, we immediately turn on them. What do we expect the troops to do? Nobody wants to be in Afghanistan or Iraq. It's hot, it's dry, sand gets in your shoes and hair, there's no HBO, and all of the women look like tents. Are we going to now require soldiers to dislike guns? If they hated shooting people, they would definitely be in the wrong line of work. Maybe we are all miserable at our own jobs, and don't feel they should be any different.
The outrage at these remarks rings hollow to me. Each and every one of us loves to see fellas get filled full of lead. We were all excited to see Michael Corleone shoot that smug fat cop in the throat in The Godfather. And who among us didn't stand up and cheer when Liam Neeson gunned down half of the German Army in Schindler's List?
Hell, I don't even know what the thing pictured below is called, but I'll readily admit that it looks like a lot more fun than the Dell Optiplex GX I have on my desk at work.
General Mattis sounds like my kind of guy, he's says exactly what he means. He doesn't fuck up the english language with terms like "Collateral Damage", "Hostile Units", or phrases like "Successfully Cleared Enemy Positions". He talks about what really happens in a war, One group of Human Beings shoots up another. If they are gonna do it one way or another, why can't they have a smile on their face?
Washington - The commandant of the marine corps said on Thursday he has counselled a senior subordinate for saying publicly, "It's fun to shoot some people."Call me crazy, but I don't see anything wrong with the General's comments. The only way I would feel comfortable criticizing him, would be if I could objectively prove him wrong. Since I've never shot me up any Arabs(or anyone else for that matter), I can't say for certain that it isn't "a hoot". I would guess that the vast majority of the people taking offence have never had the occasion to shoot some human beings full of holes, and are unquailified to comment on their veracity of the statements.
Lieutenant General James N. Mattis, an infantry officer who has commanded marines in both Afghanistan and Iraq, made the comments on Tuesday while speaking to a forum in San Diego about strategies for the war on terror. Mattis is the commanding general of the Marine Corps Combat Development Command.
According to an audio recording of Mattis' remarks, he said, "Actually, it's a lot of fun to fight. You know, it's a hell of a hoot. ... It's fun to shoot some people. I'll be right upfront with you, I like brawling."
He added, "You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil," Mattis continued. "You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them."
I guess I just don't get people. Regardless of our political affiliation, we all say we "support the troops", but once they begin to enjoy their job, we immediately turn on them. What do we expect the troops to do? Nobody wants to be in Afghanistan or Iraq. It's hot, it's dry, sand gets in your shoes and hair, there's no HBO, and all of the women look like tents. Are we going to now require soldiers to dislike guns? If they hated shooting people, they would definitely be in the wrong line of work. Maybe we are all miserable at our own jobs, and don't feel they should be any different.
The outrage at these remarks rings hollow to me. Each and every one of us loves to see fellas get filled full of lead. We were all excited to see Michael Corleone shoot that smug fat cop in the throat in The Godfather. And who among us didn't stand up and cheer when Liam Neeson gunned down half of the German Army in Schindler's List?
Hell, I don't even know what the thing pictured below is called, but I'll readily admit that it looks like a lot more fun than the Dell Optiplex GX I have on my desk at work.
General Mattis sounds like my kind of guy, he's says exactly what he means. He doesn't fuck up the english language with terms like "Collateral Damage", "Hostile Units", or phrases like "Successfully Cleared Enemy Positions". He talks about what really happens in a war, One group of Human Beings shoots up another. If they are gonna do it one way or another, why can't they have a smile on their face?
6 Comments:
Spanx, that's da bombdiggity!! You done detected the bullshit outta those bleading-hearts, bravissimo! "All the women look like tents." They totally do, like man pop-tents in the morning.
Uh, I previewed the source code on your html for that picture for the awesome looking M16 type rifle. It said the length was 407 pixels. Now we all know that when you go beyond 400 pixels it messes up the alignment of the columns. Fuck up a country all you want, but you mess up the layout of Bullshit-detection.com and I'm here to call you on it. In yo face, Dan Rather!
you dont have to view the source code, you only have to right click and see the properties for petes sake.
the easy way is better.
and, its 408 pixels by I forget.
I dont know what that gun is either, but I'd rather be driving that than a Volvo vulva, secure in the knowledge that I am safe in my four wheeled womb and left wing tendencies. ( If I was rich I'd have a Saab )
Im with you re; the generals comments. Who knew the military would be terorized by the PC police.
Everyone is talkin' jibber jabber trash talk. That Image is well within acceptable parameters. I should know, I wrote those parameters. Consider this a free Bullshit Detection.
What the general said would be so way totally cool if he were, like, an E4 or, like, 12 years old. Do you really want people at that pay grade walking around with their brain housing group disengaged? From the comments, I've seen here it seems you do.
I imagine that's it's hard for professional Marines take the general's comments. If you spend your whole career trying to uphold a tradition of professionalism, to make yourself into the absolute incarnation of honor, and then some bozo in a general suit comes along and makes the whole Corps look like a bunch of morons.
It isn't right. The general's comments make this former Marine sick.
I think that it's pretty clear that the good general will not be transfering to public affairs any time soon.
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