Monkey Spanker
Show it to the nice monkey.
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Paging Lowing.

But in all seriousness why don't the company use phrases from all the holy books of the world, solves the problem really. But I am sure there are those who think that this all OK really, here in the UK Christianity is our state religion, the Queen is the head of our church. But the US has issues as there is no state religion if I am correct, supposedly all religions are equal in the US(yeah right), & I am sure there will be posts about appeasement etc etc yadda yadda.

Last edited by smuder201 (2010-01-19 14:15:05)

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mikkel
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Ah, yes. Organised religion. Onwards, Christian soldiers!

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Dilbert_X
The X stands for
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More Christian loons, terrific....
Fuck Israel
Mekstizzle
WALKER
+3,611|6907|London, England
Not gonna go down well regarding current wars in Iraqistan... it's not a case of the Military not knowing until now, it's a case of widespread media not knowing until now. I'm sure more than a handful knew about it, even if it doesn't mean every soldier did.

Putting quotes from every religious book doesn't solve the problem , how far do you go, or what makes you think religions would even want that, including Christianity.
Do you just stick to the three Jew based religions, or do you go down to the Indian based religions too, spread the word of Buddha through the red dot sight. Do you then enter the realm of Confucianism/Shinto too, make some fortune cookies out of those ACOG sights. Stay classy, people.

Christianity may be the state religion of the UK, but this place is much much less religious than the US is. Even when you do get the devout Christians, the one's over here are generally more Jesus-like (peaceful) than the Crusader style Christians over the other side of the pond (talking about modern times before people get into a fit about history, or the situation in Ireland) and would probably feel sick at the thought of having religious references on the scopes of tools of death and destruction.

Some things need to be kept apart.

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cpt.fass1
The Cap'n Can Make it Hap'n
+329|6982|NJ
The U.S. is really religious?

I find that religion is actually being combated against here and we're moving towards it being a more athest government/education system.

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RAIMIUS
You with the face!
+244|7001|US
It's a private company.  They can write just about whatever they want on their product.

...Now, the government could make no additional markings part of the contract specification if they want to...
Cybargs
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cpt.fass1 wrote:

The U.S. is really religious?

I find that religion is actually being combated against here and we're moving towards it being a more athest government/education system.
Bible Belt South...
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11 Bravo
Banned
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Cybargs wrote:

Bible Belt South...
is being diluted from all the yankees moving south for jobs.

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DrunkFace
Germans did 911
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cpt.fass1 wrote:

The U.S. is really religious?

I find that religion is actually being combated against here and we're moving towards it being a more athest government/education system.
You may be moving in that direction, but every survey and report I've ever seen on the subjects ranks the US as the most religious western (wealthy) nation, and from experience it also has the most vocal people in the industry.
11 Bravo
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DrunkFace wrote:

You may be moving in that direction, but every survey and report I've ever seen on the subjects ranks the US as the most religious western (wealthy) nation, and from experience it also has the most vocal people in the industry.
nobody i know (friends) go to church or anything like that.
Braddock
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cpt.fass1 wrote:

The U.S. is really religious?

I find that religion is actually being combated against here and we're moving towards it being a more athest government/education system.
I'll tell you right now, an openly atheist US President will never be elected in our lifetime... I'll put my house on that.

Black? Sure. Atheist? Not on your nelly.
Macbeth
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Braddock wrote:

cpt.fass1 wrote:

The U.S. is really religious?

I find that religion is actually being combated against here and we're moving towards it being a more athest government/education system.
I'll tell you right now, an openly atheist US President will never be elected in our lifetime... I'll put my house on that.

Black? Sure. Atheist? Not on your nelly.
lol Everyone was damn sure we would never see a black President anytime soon. It wouldn't surprise me if we get on pretty soon.
Braddock
Agitator
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Macbeth wrote:

Braddock wrote:

cpt.fass1 wrote:

The U.S. is really religious?

I find that religion is actually being combated against here and we're moving towards it being a more athest government/education system.
I'll tell you right now, an openly atheist US President will never be elected in our lifetime... I'll put my house on that.

Black? Sure. Atheist? Not on your nelly.
lol Everyone was damn sure we would never see a black President anytime soon. It wouldn't surprise me if we get on pretty soon.
Get back to me when an openly atheist President gets elected mate... I'd love to be proven wrong so it's win-win for me.
11 Bravo
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Braddock wrote:

Get back to me when an openly atheist President gets elected mate... I'd love to be proven wrong so it's win-win for me.
are there any anywhere?
Braddock
Agitator
+916|6576|Éire

11 Bravo wrote:

Braddock wrote:

Get back to me when an openly atheist President gets elected mate... I'd love to be proven wrong so it's win-win for me.
are there any anywhere?
'Coming out' as an atheist in American politics would be political suicide... I'm sure there are one or two fringe players out there but not many of note I'd imagine. Is Ron Paul atheist?
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11 Bravo wrote:

Braddock wrote:

Get back to me when an openly atheist President gets elected mate... I'd love to be proven wrong so it's win-win for me.
are there any anywhere?
All the communist dictatorships.
Macbeth
Banned
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Braddock wrote:

11 Bravo wrote:

Braddock wrote:

Get back to me when an openly atheist President gets elected mate... I'd love to be proven wrong so it's win-win for me.
are there any anywhere?
'Coming out' as an atheist in American politics would be political suicide... I'm sure there are one or two fringe players out there but not many of note I'd imagine. Is Ron Paul atheist?
There is a Cali congressman who is a an atheist. He's a democrat.

Uh oh Karl Rove is said to be either an atheist or agnostic.
Doctor Strangelove
Real Battlefield Veterinarian.
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Braddock wrote:

11 Bravo wrote:

Braddock wrote:

Get back to me when an openly atheist President gets elected mate... I'd love to be proven wrong so it's win-win for me.
are there any anywhere?
'Coming out' as an atheist in American politics would be political suicide... I'm sure there are one or two fringe players out there but not many of note I'd imagine. Is Ron Paul atheist?
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Spark
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The LOL at the bottom makes that
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
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FEOS
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Braddock wrote:

Interesting, I wonder how the Middle East will perceive this, given that these rifles are being heavily used in two controversial wars in Muslim nations at the moment. I also wonder what the media reaction would be if it were messages from the Koran that were inscribed on them?
We've become numb to the other side yelling "Allahu Akhbar" every ten seconds. I suppose it's worse if it's inscribed on our weapons rather than them shouting it out before they blow up some civilians out shopping for groceries.

Contract mods and field orders will be coming out shortly, you can bet your house on that, Brad.
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unnamednewbie13
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I think it's brilliant. Any Muslim terrorist who picks up one of these weapons and uses it can count himself a heretic.

If I was in Iraq, I'd want my rifle engraved with figures from pagan and pagan-inspired holidays.

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Dilbert_X
The X stands for
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FEOS wrote:

I suppose it's worse if it's inscribed on our weapons rather than them shouting it out before they blow up some civilians out shopping for groceries.
Its exactly the same, thats the point.
Fuck Israel
Spark
liquid fluoride thorium reactor
+874|6961|Canberra, AUS

Dilbert_X wrote:

FEOS wrote:

I suppose it's worse if it's inscribed on our weapons rather than them shouting it out before they blow up some civilians out shopping for groceries.
Its exactly the same, thats the point.
?!
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman

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