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Post by Vene on Sept 12, 2011 17:11:26 GMT -5
You'd probably break your hip trying. ::shoulders his M4:: Get the fuck off my lawn. I'm gonna plant tulips in the shape of a vulva on your front lawn and you will like it.
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Sept 12, 2011 19:56:29 GMT -5
Will the grass be mowed?
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Post by scotsgit on Sept 12, 2011 22:12:31 GMT -5
It's OK Joe, i've got your back..... Attachments:
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Post by verasthebrujah on Sept 12, 2011 22:59:50 GMT -5
Because, while his actions were valiant, they don't meet the requirements for the issue of the Medal of Honor. The guy was ::definitely:: in the right, but I wouldn't call his actions heroic. Praiseworthy? Yes. Morally strong? Definitely. The deal is "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States". Eugh, 'intrepidity'. I'd say that he was 'gallant', which is the 'ability to do things which one finds frightening.' Walking towards dozens of armed, crazed mass-murderers and then talking them down from continuing their rapage of terror is pretty frightening, but he did it- and he did it without orders, on his own initiative, against all trainin and instinct. He certainly risked his life. Yet again, crazed mass murderers with guns. He wasn't engaged directly against enemies of the United States, although I think Calley and Medina acted in a way that should be regarded as fighting against humanity. But whatever. And Thompson did get the Soldier's Medal, which is "awarded to any person of the Armed Forces of the United States or of a friendly foreign nation who, while serving in any capacity with the Army of the United States, distinguished himself or herself by heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy."
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Post by MaybeNever on Sept 12, 2011 23:05:11 GMT -5
It's OK Joe, i've got your back..... Prithee say what manner of deviltry be yon chamber of oak and iron and fire so fiercely grasped!
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Post by scotsgit on Sept 13, 2011 5:56:10 GMT -5
It's OK Joe, i've got your back..... Prithee say what manner of deviltry be yon chamber of oak and iron and fire so fiercely grasped! Tis mine arquebus, so well wrought that the Sheriff and his menne do make me pay muchly for mine licence the sodding bastards.
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Post by Ranger Joe on Sept 13, 2011 16:26:34 GMT -5
::shoulders his M4:: Get the fuck off my lawn. I'm gonna plant tulips in the shape of a vulva on your front lawn and you will like it. Only if we finally get to play a game of Warhammer 40k...Chaos filth... ;D
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Post by Vene on Sept 13, 2011 16:54:09 GMT -5
I'm gonna plant tulips in the shape of a vulva on your front lawn and you will like it. Only if we finally get to play a game of Warhammer 40k...Chaos filth... ;D My oblits can make friends!
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Post by Ranger Joe on Sept 14, 2011 14:45:02 GMT -5
Only if we finally get to play a game of Warhammer 40k...Chaos filth... ;D My oblits can make friends! I still think it would be a pretty epic battle. I field 3000 points of Grey Knights.
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Post by Vene on Sept 14, 2011 14:52:04 GMT -5
I don't have close to that many points yet. I still need to finish painting the ones I do have. But, college is killing my free time.
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Post by Amaranth on Sept 14, 2011 23:02:21 GMT -5
Likewise. I honestly have no idea how I'd react in that situation. In any case, I can't fault someone for not doing it. Your ability to make conscious decisions is greatly impaired when you're terrified -- most of us will simply go into survival mode. It pisses me off when I see people passing judgment on others for the way they reacted to danger. (Not accusing anyone here of doing this, just speaking in general.) Yeah, well, I've certainly seen enough of that idiotic dickwaving elsewhere that I can understand why you're respond to it. I do admit, with boxcutters, I like my chances a lot more than with heavier weapons. I used to joke I'd beat them into submission with my shoes. Not realistic, but fun to say. But seriously, I don't know. I've done randori with fake knives and fake guns before, and having been threatened with the real thing, I know reality is different from practice. Actually, I've taken quite a few injuries in my life from practice, and that's without any possible fear of getting shot or really stabbed. It's easy to talk tough, though. So I would have suplexed them out the airlock and pissed on their falling corpses!
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Post by brendanrizzo on Sept 22, 2011 13:20:47 GMT -5
Where was I on 9/11? I was only eight at the time, and the first news I heard about it was a few minutes after the school day started, just saying that certain school activities would be canceled. (The faculty didn't go into the details.) I really had no idea what was happening until hours later (I had heard the wildest and most incorrect rumors about things from my classmates, and was thoroughly confused.) But yes, since I was just a child, I had no idea of why all the TV channels were covering the same footage over and over.
I actually got in trouble a few days later, when in my childish lack of tactfulness, asked how long all of this "flag stuff" (read: showing solidarity with the victims of 9/11 and the country as a whole) would be going on. That's pretty far from what my reaction would be if anything like this were to happen today.
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Post by nightangel1282 on Sept 22, 2011 16:01:15 GMT -5
On 9/11 I was woken up by my mother, who somewhat numbly handed me the phone and said "Your sister wants to talk to you," before walking out again. The conversation went like this:
Sister: Chrissy, you might want to get out of bed. Me (half asleep): Mmmmm why? Sister: The United States is under attack. Me: WHAT?!?!?!!?
I proceeded to dress myself, shot down the hallway, and turned on the TV just two minutes before the second plane hit.
For me, the most horrifying thing about the entire ordeal was when I realized those little specs falling from the towers were actually PEOPLE jumping out of the building.
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