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15 Feb 2015, 10:10 am

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... When you go into armed forces they brainwash you to be a horrible person. Do you want to be a horrible person? ... When you are in the military, they strip your identity and create a new one...
You have just insulted me and several other military veterans who post here. Obviously, you have no direct, personal experience in the military, and your opinions seem to be based solely on talking to a few disgruntled veterans who have failed to achieve any success during their enlistments.

We are not horrible people, we have not been brainwashed, and we do not have new personalities.

Instead, we are mature, decisive, and motivated people who have learned useful skills and self-confidence, and who have simply taken the fast track to responsible adulthood.

What's your excuse?


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15 Feb 2015, 10:52 am

Hmmmmm.......

All I'm saying is Subway might be a better option.

My post was a little over the top. Sorry......



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15 Feb 2015, 11:09 am

Fnord wrote:
Pizzagal3000 wrote:
No. NEVER join the military. EVER! Especially if you are a very young black man! If so, you are far more likely to be placed on infantry!
Yet another person who speaks from a lack of direct experience.


First of all, you don't know if I were in the military or not! You don't know who I am. I could be a CIA agent. You don't know me.

I would like to see you talk smart like that to soldiers suffering from PTSD.

You haven't the slightest idea what they go thru! You are heartless and close minded. You obviously shun the very idea that this government is working to turn this country into a police state first and then a military state.

They are as subtle as Satan. They will slowly but surely desensitize you thru as many means as they can, such as the tv.

You are just another mind control slave.

WAKE UP! Or maybe you are one of "them." :roll:


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15 Feb 2015, 2:42 pm

Pizzagal3000 wrote:
Fnord wrote:
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No. NEVER join the military. EVER! Especially if you are a very young black man! If so, you are far more likely to be placed on infantry!
Yet another person who speaks from a lack of direct experience.


First of all, you don't know if I were in the military or not! You don't know who I am. I could be a CIA agent. You don't know me.

I would like to see you talk smart like that to soldiers suffering from PTSD.

You haven't the slightest idea what they go thru! You are heartless and close minded. You obviously shun the very idea that this government is working to turn this country into a police state first and then a military state.

They are as subtle as Satan. They will slowly but surely desensitize you thru as many means as they can, such as the tv.

You are just another mind control slave.

WAKE UP! Or maybe you are one of "them." :roll:


Please tone it down, personal attacks are against the rules.



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16 Feb 2015, 12:24 am

heavenlyabyss wrote:
Hmmmmm.......

All I'm saying is Subway might be a better option.

My post was a little over the top. Sorry......


How is Subway a better option?


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16 Feb 2015, 12:37 am

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Hang on chump,
:lmao: :lmao:



Me too. So much.



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16 Feb 2015, 12:38 am

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When you go into armed forces they brainwash you to be a horrible person […] they strip your identity and create a new one.


:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:


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16 Feb 2015, 12:45 am

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...his hatred of the US of A makes me feel all the more proud to be an American. :D

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This is the funniest thread I've read in years.



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16 Feb 2015, 1:25 am

ominous wrote:
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...his hatred of the US of A makes me feel all the more proud to be an American. :D

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This is the funniest thread I've read in years.


Yeah, we come up with some real knee slappers sometimes. :P


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16 Feb 2015, 1:35 am

Raptor wrote:
ominous wrote:
Raptor wrote:
...his hatred of the US of A makes me feel all the more proud to be an American. :D

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This is the funniest thread I've read in years.


Yeah, we come up with some real knee slappers sometimes. :P


That sparkly eagle, mate, with Dirty Harry and Jefferson quote just paints a whole picture. I love it. :D

I'm on 'Team Australia' now, supposedly. Oi and woohoo and various other laudations! I can't be buggered to find a sparkly gif about that. This is as close as I got.

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20 Feb 2015, 3:33 am

Pizzagal3000 wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Pizzagal3000 wrote:
No. NEVER join the military. EVER! Especially if you are a very young black man! If so, you are far more likely to be placed on infantry!
Yet another person who speaks from a lack of direct experience.


First of all, you don't know if I were in the military or not! You don't know who I am. I could be a CIA agent. You don't know me.

I would like to see you talk smart like that to soldiers suffering from PTSD.

You haven't the slightest idea what they go thru! You are heartless and close minded. You obviously shun the very idea that this government is working to turn this country into a police state first and then a military state.

They are as subtle as Satan. They will slowly but surely desensitize you thru as many means as they can, such as the tv.

You are just another mind control slave.

WAKE UP! Or maybe you are one of "them." :roll:


Personal attacks are against the forum rules.