Can We Stop Now?

[TheVictors]

Can we stop with the gratutious bullshit at every sporting event to "honor the military"??

For starters, I have plenty of retired and active military in my family, but this transparent, condescending shit should stop.

So when "we" train a killer who kills fellow Americans or who kills innocent people abroad, we don't glorify the JOB ...the JOB that millions take because they want to ...or because it is their best option. Why is working at the DMV a "socialist" job but doing anything in the Army worthy of a moment of silence or pedantic and disingenuous standing ovation?!

I realize the media needs to find a culprit to blame, but once again guns are being victimized when in reality anyone armed with a gun is a danger to democracy, freedom, liberty and happiness. I realize that guns are merely a poor victim of circumstance once again, and that "people" keep "leveraging" guns to do their bidding, but can we just stop with the bullshit and acting as if "war" is something good.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Shut up dude..as my Dad used to say Turn The Channel.

 

[Michchamp]

in theory, or in an abstract sense, enlisting in the military to serve to defend your nation/people/tribe from foreign threats is noble.

in practice, these worshipful events serve only to militarize our society in ways that lead to more violence, as diplomatic solutions to foreign issues are ridiculed, and people and their leaders come to view military solutions are the only ones that should be considered. and beyond that, worship of the military serves to stifle criticism and debate and is itself very Un-American... (if you actually believe that the U.S. Constitution represents true American values.)

and if you really believe in Free Speech... jesus... look at the hoopla surrounding Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf when he refused to stand for the national anthem. link.

 

[Michchamp]

I wish anytime some idiot blathered on about "supporting the troops" - a completely meaningless slogan - in response to criticism of US foreign policy, Mike Tyson would run up and punch them in the mouth.

 

[tinselwolverine]

I wish anytime some idiot blathered on about "supporting the troops" - a completely meaningless slogan - in response to criticism of US foreign policy, Mike Tyson would run up and punch them in the mouth.

Tyson has a new TV show coming out, doesn't he?

 

[Michchamp]

Tyson has a new TV show coming out, doesn't he?

I was thinking of a comedy skit where this happens:

every time some senator, Pentagon official, DC pundit, or Fox News talking head advocates bombing some country or intervening somewhere, Mike Tyson shows up in the middle of the press conference/broadcast and punches them in the mouth. he even punches the president once.

the Secret Service is completely confounded and can't figure out how he keeps getting past them and then getting away.

eventually, the government stops pushing for the bombing, and in response Mike Tyson is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

this really infuriates the DOD & White House and in response, Obama announces that Mike Tyson has been added to the kill list for drone strikes as a terrorist threat to the Nation. in response, Mike Tyson shows up, pulls out a copy of the US Constitution, points to the 5th Amendment...

...and then punches him in the mouth.

 

[tinselwolverine]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TbnXqhHJkk

 

[redandguilty]

A Mike Tyson punch may be too violent to be a regular TV feature. I think slapping might be good enough provided we look to evolution for the best slapping method. I submit for consideration the beaver tail (I think I've mentioned it's slapping ability previously). I doubt you can teach a beaver to slap on command, but if you take the tail of a dead beaver and attach it to a leather strap, I think that would do nicely. You can even let Mike Tyson do the slapping.

Actually, that might break necks. Maybe Bill Nye should do the slapping.

 

[Michchamp]

A Mike Tyson punch may be too violent to be a regular TV feature...

I wasn't intending for him to fully wind up and deliver a concussion-inducing knockout blow... just a quick jab to the mouth.

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