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AndyUK
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30th April, 2006 at 15:25:41 -
Life sucks.
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Peblo
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30th April, 2006 at 17:35:17 -
I guess some people would rather be used.
"Isn't it always amazing how we characterize a person's intelligence by how closely their thinking matches ours?"
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30th April, 2006 at 18:06:52 -
Satanists are evil and going to hell
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RenatoDep
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30th April, 2006 at 18:10:13 -
Soldiers are not heroes. Yes immigration is what keeps superpowers going, but the way things are going isn't the way things should be. Let them fuck everything up to everyone else.
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30th April, 2006 at 18:21:12 -
Kitties are the best pets evar!!!
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Retired Kliker Lazarus
The Ed Wood JR of TDC
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30th April, 2006 at 21:04:34 -
Is it the soldiers fault? No. It's the governments.
Are you saying WWII soldiers aren't heros, too?
Fine Garbage since 2003.
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Matt Boothman
The Nissan Micra of forum members
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30th April, 2006 at 21:08:55 -
@Radix: I probably meant to say popular, but somewhere "the popular bandwagon" didn't seem right.
And no, soldiers are not heroes, they are just doing their job.
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Knudde (Shab)
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30th April, 2006 at 21:23:22 -
We should resolve wars like they did in "Mech Jocks"
Craps, I'm an old man!
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Retired Kliker Lazarus
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30th April, 2006 at 23:08:39 -
Someone who saves a life/dies for what they believe in are heros.
Also, there was a draft in WWII, in case you didn't know. They didn't have a choice.
And then there were the kids who snuck into the millitary to fight German/Japanese fuckers. If you're saying the Doolittle Raiders weren't heros, then you're fucked in the head.
Fine Garbage since 2003.
CURRENT PROJECT:
-Paying off a massive amount of debt in college loans.
-Working in television.
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Retired Kliker Lazarus
The Ed Wood JR of TDC
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30th April, 2006 at 23:13:03 -
By the way, Soldiers are heros: this is a fucking fact.
Fine Garbage since 2003.
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Matt Boothman
The Nissan Micra of forum members
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30th April, 2006 at 23:35:15 -
No, the only fact round here is that you're a fucking idiot.
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AndyUK
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1st May, 2006 at 00:16:47 -
It's open to debate Lazarus.
Ive not really thought about it much, but Soldiers are doing what they're trained to do so it's nothing special when they go to war.
However if they do something beyond the line of duty and are awarded a medal or something, then maybe they can be called heroes.
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Pete Nattress
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1st May, 2006 at 00:26:14 -
I think soldiers are a special case. Most people "doing what they're trained to" don't spend the majority of their career in immediate mortal peril. Even fewer people are asked to kill others or sacrifice themselves. You can debate the semanticity of whether or not soldiers are "heroes" (I think they are, for the record -- at least a vast majority) but to lump them in with everyone else who does just a 9-5 day job, like you're doing, Andy, is completely wrong.
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Radix
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1st May, 2006 at 01:49:25 -
majority of their career in immediate mortal peril
What? No. Wars are an occasional thing. The majority of the world's soldiers do almost nothing but training exercises for their entire career. If military peril is your measure of heroism, then surely the guys that get their arses handed to them daily by US troops are greater heroes.
There's a big difference between defending your country and serving the aggressor.
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Pete Nattress
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1st May, 2006 at 03:09:59 -
I'd wager most soldiers see active combat at least once. Wars are pretty regular nowadays, if you hadn't noticed. Iraq... Afghanistan... Kosovo... Iraq... Falklands... (for the UK at least).
"Surely the guys that get their arses handed to them daily by US troops are greater heroes."
Why not? I didn't imply otherwise.
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