Text 5279, 95 rader
Skriven 2004-11-24 23:53:00 av FRANK SCHEIDT (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av BJöRN FORSSTRöM
Ärende: Breaking News!
======================
-=> Quoting Björn Forsström to Frank Scheidt <=-

 RC>> Were you there?
 
 BF>> No, were you?
 
 FS> Probably not, but the Marine in question was ...

 BF> It' good to hear that your military never does anything wrong.
 BF> And if they are such Supermen, why haven't they found bin Laden yet?

I have never claimed our military are Supermen.  Furthermore they 
*do* a lot of things wrong.  I spent 3-1/2 years in the U.S. Army 
during WWII and saw a lot of stupid things done by the military.
 
 RC>> Are all Swedes as dumb as you?
 
 FS> "RC" is simply referring to the politically-incorrect jokes of a few
 FS> decades back in which *all* Swedes were stupid.  You shouldn't be
 FS> offended.

 BF> We are not all like the Muppet Chef you know.

I don't know who the "Muppet Chef" is, and, FYI, have never 
considered Swedes to be any more stupid than any of us in 
general.  Jokes are jokes and someone *always* is the "fall guy".
 
 RC>> How do you know that the insurgent wasnt laying in wait to spring a trap,
 RC>> like a grenade, bomb or concealed gun?
 
 BF>> I don't and you don't know he did.
 
 FS> But, more importantly, that Marine *did* have strong suspicion that he did
 FS> ...

 BF> Then he pehaps made a mistake and have to pay for it like you pay for
 BF> yours and I pay for mine.

Perhaps ... perhaps not ... it will come out as it's under 
investigation.  The Marine, being an Enlisted Swine is 
certainly not going to be given any special breaks by the 
investigators.
 
 BF>> Not knowing is no excuse to open fire and asking questions afterwards.
 
 FS> True enough -- but that doesn't apply in this case.  The Marine under
 FS> investigation doubtless knew even more about the situation than *you* do.

 BF> Then he must know even more than you and now he perhaps realize that
 BF> he did a mistake.
 
Or, that he did what had to be done ...

 BF>> I'm just trying to look at it at another angel.
 
 FS> Hey!  Nice play on words, "angel" instead of "angle" -- probably
 FS> referring to those mythical 72 virgins??   ... heh heh heh ...

 BF> Sorry, my mistake and even I do them. It should have been "angle".

No problem ...
 
 FS> There are *always* many alternatives to all situations.  That doesn't mean
 FS> the Marine didn't do the right thing.

 BF> Uhu? He did the right thing despite there was alternatives?

Can you believe that what he did *might* have been the *best* of 
all alternatives?  Do try to keep an open mind on this.
 
 BF>> By saying this you mean that you were the only ones to follow the rules?
 BF>> Jeezz....
 
 FS> We *did* always follow the rules -- except for some rogue military who,
 FS> when caught, were tried ...

 BF> Holey macaroni.
 BF> Do you really believe in that yourself?
 BF> So the Vienam war was a totally "clean" war from your point of view?

FYI, after about the first year, or so, I opposed the Vietnam 
War.

 BF> Something ring a bell here when many new-nazi says that the holocaust
 BF> never took place either.

Huh?  How did the Holocaust come into this?  The Holocaust 
involved some 11 *million* dead.  We were talking about one, 
single insurgent killed in combat.

... Echo:  Only thing that cheats some out of the last word.

___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
 * Origin: Try Our Web Based QWK: DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140)