OT: Galactic sterilisation

[Fyron]

unfortuneatly, the military tends to be a vicious cycle of stupididy, much like the vicious circle of poverty, but slightly different. higher ranks are often full of dipsticks...

Well if you look at what he said to begin this, rather than just the fleshed out logic, it would support the statement that not all military officers are morons. As long as you don't take the second post alone and out of context, Puke was not saying that 100% of military officers are morons. Now, he could have worded the second post more consistently, but he didn't.

I was not intentionally patronizing you (Shang). I fail to see how you got a patronizing tone out of my post.

[dogscoff]

For a while this thread was going really well (giant radioactive roaches- perfect conversational material for a Rubber-Godzilla-fetishist like me) but now ppl are getting angry again and everyone else is settling back with popcorn. This thread is obviously destined to devolve into some kind of cagematch, therefore...

*dogscoff dons his "Dogscoff the Destroyer" mask and cape and leaps into the ring, smashes a chair over Shang's back, elbows Fyron in the face, bodyslams Puke and then turns to flex and chant to the crowd.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

*cheers and throws popcorn at Dogscoff*

[Atrocities]

Puke what you posted was in no way funny. You have to understand that it hurts people who have loved one serving in the military and is rather rude considering what is going on in the world today. Additionally all of my friends and family who have served in the armed forces have never said anything negative about their experience, even the guy who was court marshaled, and most of them are very intelligent, hard working, family people with good jobs and stable income.

I hope that in the future you will considered the harm an animosity that such a derogatory post would generate and refrain from posting.

[ January 08, 2004, 12:42: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

[Atrocities]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

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Originally posted by Atrocities:

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Originally posted by Puke:
and how! moderate me down before someone mistakenly places credibility on anything i say!

Fyron that is just cold man. Cold. I rated him 5 some time ago and stand by it.

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People like you make me sick. Can't even give a guy the rating he requests. j/k

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I understand the error of my ways now. Please forgive me. I was horribly wrong and will forever live with this regret.

[ January 08, 2004, 12:50: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

[President_Elect_Shang]

Shang stumbles back to his feet and as dogscoff faces the crowed grabs his ears and bites a chunk off one. Spiting it out on the floor he turns to the now wreathing in agony dogscoff and says “Ops, sorry wrong sport, thought we were boxing”.

No I won’t let this slink into the slums of a fight; I am very sensitive right now considering my RL situation and in the name of peace will admit that I overreacted. Everyone has the right to a personal opinion, whether it is worded clearly or not, based on fact or fiction, or even if it is agreed to by others or opposed. This is not a reference to Puke’s or anyone’s posting on this thread, it is just a statement about my personal philosophy.

I am human and bound to fail from time-to-time at applying every aspect (morale, philosophical, etc) that I try to live by, and I have failed to do so here. The only thing I can say is that I overreacted and need to stand up (that chair sure did hurt) dust off and learn that this is a (considering my stress and emotional state) personal pet peeve. I am not excusing my postings, only a time machine could do that, I am just offering the best apology to everyone who reads this post that I can muster. What kind of a poor example have I just set?

[Loser]

I disagree with you, Atrocities. What Puke said was not only funny, but carries some truth to it.

I was going to go into more detail about my feeling for GIs, but it isn't coming out well. Actually, on proof it looks like I've tried again... this could lose me a pip or two...

It suffices to say that I live in a 'military town' with five separate bases including NORAD, which was mentioned earlier in the thread.

I see a lot of the enlisted kids, and they tend to be trouble. I'll be as friendly and humane to a stranger in the service as I would be to any other stranger, and some of these kids are decent company with a few really good people mixed in. But I'd rather they didn't date my female friends, the female friends of my friends, or any friend's sister. It consistently works out poorly.

I see a lot of retired military, and they are consistently good people, especially the marines. They make for good conversations and, when appropriate, tend to tip pretty well. I do wish we didn't have so many 'wash outs' around town (quite different than retirees), but if it wasn't them filling in the local can't-hold-down-a-job-caught-in-a-storm-of-self-destruction positions I suppose it would just be someone else.

I hear a lot about the decision-making process in the military, both from those in the service, those who have been in the service, and through the thousands of defense contractors around town, and Puke's description of their apparent intelligence is only slightly exaggerated.

Now, I have the highest respect for the Military and the men and women serving our country in such a matter. They are working in a way that benefits my own life in very real ways. But Puke's joke, which was funny, makes light of problems that some of us see on an almost day-to-day basis. Really, they put the corporate world to shame when it comes to clumsy decisions and Puke's explanation is as good as any, and made for a nice tie-back into the whole cockroach-thing.

Shang is .. I reread the thread during a proofread and it looks like Shang's issue is resolved. Cool, man.

I hear more complaints like those Puke is describing from military personnel than I hear from anywhere else. It's a common joke, not any blasphemy on Puke's part. On top of that Puke has done a good job of making clear not only his harmless intentions, but the close-to-home source of the joke.

Of course, it's also possible that you are referring to a post Puke made that has been removed. I'm talking about the ones I can see now.