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Uzique wrote:

both my grandparents fought in ww2. one of my grandparents served in ww1 as well as ww2. my only cousin is in the royal marines, and he's 1 1/2 years younger than me. we both grew up together and played a lot together but neither of us were army geeks when we played as kids, so i don't buy that. furthermore my school is probably one of the most famous in england for its military tradition[/color], where a pretty sizeable chunk of the students are from very old officer-class military families and go on to sandhurst to continue the family game ([url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheltenham_College#Victoria_Crosses_won_by_Old_Cheltonians]14 victoria crosses have been awarded to old cheltenonians, and we are one of the only schools in england to have our own military colours). so what the fuck are you talking about i've had "no exposure to the military"? how can you say that, when you evidently don't know anything about my background? lol what a load of bollocks.

all i'm questioning is the romanticizing and hollywood-ification of the military that shifty showcases. it's clear that his ideal-dream vision of the military does not coincide in any way with the actual reality of military life-- let alone war and the battlefield. he's all about wikipedia-stats of vehicles and how damn good a well-pressed camo uniform looks like. a total walter mitty. except where that stereotype was once populated by sad 45-year old greying has-beens, now (as seen on bf2s) it's a new bunch of 14 year old kids that get off on fantasizing over this shit. i'm confused as to why. i played call of duty and fps games religiously through my teen years but i loved them because they were games, and provided a platform to kick other people's asses at a game. at no point did i think it would be cool to be involved in the siege of stalingrad because i sunk 150 hours into the map in a multiplayer game. does. not. compute.

Uzique wrote:

i just wanna know on the individual/familial/societal level what it is nowadays that inculcates young children with such a veneration and glorification of the military.

Dilbert_X wrote:

Why not?
America isn't due for a ground war for ten years, he can sit in the barracks and play Xbox.

eleven bravo wrote:

because he will be eaten alive by his fellow servicemembers.

eleven bravo wrote:

because he will be eaten alive by his fellow servicemembers.

Dilbert_X wrote:

He's white I think he'll be OK.

Last edited by rdx-fx (2012-01-02 14:10:17)

Dilbert_X wrote:

I think this is a special case though, the traditional once a decade war is going to be skipped since two major wars started at the beginning of the last decade.

But for Iraq you'd be looking for another about now ie Iran.

Poseidon wrote:

I think the main reason I think Shifty will never make it is because it's all he talks about. Most people here that were either in it or plan to join the service (like myself) don't talk about it in every other post or obsess about it in every aspect of their life.

rdx-fx wrote:

Dilbert_X wrote:

I think this is a special case though, the traditional once a decade war is going to be skipped since two major wars started at the beginning of the last decade.

But for Iraq you'd be looking for another about now ie Iran.

Timetable moved up, on the basis of "We can kick the living shit out of any middle eastern army in 2 months flat.  As long as we don't hang around to clean up afterwards"

More wars is more gooder for shareholders, dontchaknow!
Gotta recession goin' on, gotta get our war-on, keep the economy moving, keep the plebes distracted, dontchaknow!