2,748 DARWIN AWARDS!
I can't feel sorry for these troops any longer.
Anyone crazy enough to VOLUNTEER to DIE for the LIEs gets no sympathy from me.
I have a very low tolerance for the stupid.
2006-10-16 17:15:44 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
If you have low tolerance for stupid, then you must really hate yourself. Finally an award that you qualify for. The troops don't need you to feel sorry for them. They're proud of what they do. My how sweet it is for you to abuse the freedom of speech they give you day after day to bash them. Your sweet reward will come one day. I wonder if you'll be so proud of your actions then. Whether face to face or hiding behind a computer, we must all account for our actions. I wonder, how do you think you'll fair?? At least those troops will stand there with heads held high and know they did what they could to protect our country and even the idiots like you.
2006-10-17 01:22:28 · answer #1 · answered by HEartstrinGs 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Then you are the very best candidate for the next Darwin Award. What manner of passing have you chosen for yourself? Will you try to televise it?
Your characterization of the deaths of brave men and women in the performance of their duties as something beneficial to the human genome is reprehensible. You don't have a low tolerance for stupidity, you have a low tolerance for honor and integrity.
2006-10-17 00:51:39 · answer #2 · answered by Helmut 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They don't want to go to Iraq but they go anyway.
They go because they are "sons of Martha" instead of "sons of Mary." Kipling wrote a poem about them:
The Sons of Martha
The Sons of Mary seldom bother, for they have inherited that good part;
But the Sons of Martha favour their Mother of the careful soul and the troubled heart.
And because she lost her temper once, and because she was rude to the Lord her Guest,
Her Sons must wait upon Mary's Sons, world without end, reprieve, or rest.
It is their care in all the ages to take the buffet and cushion the shock.
It is their care that the gear engages; it is their care that the switches lock.
It is their care that the wheels run truly; it is their care to embark and entrain,
Tally, transport, and deliver duly the Sons of Mary by land and main.
They say to mountains ``Be ye removèd.'' They say to the lesser floods ``Be dry.''
Under their rods are the rocks reprovèd---they are not afraid of that which is high.
Then do the hill-tops shake to the summit---then is the bed of the deep laid bare,
That the Sons of Mary may overcome it, pleasantly sleeping and unaware.
They finger Death at their gloves' end where they piece and repiece the living wires.
He rears against the gates they tend: they feed him hungry behind their fires.
Early at dawn, ere men see clear, they stumble into his terrible stall,
And hale him forth like a haltered steer, and goad and turn him till evenfall.
To these from birth is Belief forbidden; from these till death is Relief afar.
They are concerned with matters hidden---under the earthline their altars are---
The secret fountains to follow up, waters withdrawn to restore to the mouth,
And gather the floods as in a cup, and pour them again at a city's drouth.
They do not preach that their God will rouse them a little before the nuts work loose.
They do not preach that His Pity allows them to drop their job when they damn-well choose.
As in the thronged and the lighted ways, so in the dark and the desert they stand,
Wary and watchful all their days that their brethren's ways may be long in the land.
Raise ye the stone or cleave the wood to make a path more fair or flat;
Lo, it is black already with the blood some Son of Martha spilled for that!
Not as a ladder from earth to Heaven, not as a witness to any creed,
But simple service simply given to his own kind in their common need.
And the Sons of Mary smile and are blessèd---they know the Angels are on their side.
They know in them is the Grace confessèd, and for them are the Mercies multiplied.
They sit at the feet---they hear the Word---they see how truly the Promise runs.
They have cast their burden upon the Lord, and---the Lord He lays it on Martha's Sons!
2006-10-17 00:24:50 · answer #3 · answered by urbancoyote 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
So much hatered by someone like you is really sad.
I have respect for them because they see the country needs them. No this country is not perfice and needs to change alot of things but hatered is not how you change something.
2006-10-17 01:02:27 · answer #4 · answered by fatboysdaddy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Will you please stop posting on this board. You are very disrespectful and aren't asking any questions. You are just trying to put people down who don't agree with your views.
There is less than a 2% chance of dieing in Iraq.
2006-10-17 00:44:38 · answer #5 · answered by Curt 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
1. People of character believe that it is one of the highest honors to fight for and defend the country and way of life that we love. The Islamic Extremists say they can defeat us because we are morally weak.
2. Moral weakness makes people so selfish that they can't stand up for anything, they would rather quit, give up, and make excuses if it takes any sacrifice.
Which one are you?
Which ones are the real stupid ones?
2006-10-17 00:39:21 · answer #6 · answered by David AKA Dr Reason 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
If the people who want to go for war than no sympathy but for those who want to meet friends and family than something goes wrong. thats slack.
2006-10-17 00:22:04 · answer #7 · answered by fsd s 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
How does it feel to live under the blanket of freedom that 1.3 million men and women provide and then kick them in the collective crotch with one statement. What an ***!
2006-10-17 01:09:09 · answer #8 · answered by Jeff F 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
service before self is about responsibilty to your fellow man helping the world like donating blood or giving to charity
2006-10-17 00:26:18 · answer #9 · answered by veritas8463 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Must be pretty darn tough to look in the mirror, but it seems that you tolerate it enough to continue with your juvenile tirades.
2006-10-17 00:24:55 · answer #10 · answered by liberal democratic republican 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋