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Old 08-21-2010, 01:12 PM   #42
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I'd be interested in seeing the results of the final investigation.

Its funny, because back in the day, we had events like this, not christian rock concerts, but ball tournaments against other units, or other events like it, and attendance was voluntary, however there was an understanding that if you didn't attend it wasn't going to be free time for you, they'd give you taskings like cleaning or weapons detail or whatever.

The worst was, this is considered voluntary, you can either go play ball and have fun, or you can square away your assigned detachment.

To me the Captains statement could be sincere, he saw this as a social event and he wanted to push the support of events like this whether Christian rock concert or not. He did take it over the edge a bit, but this could also be common soldiers who were bitching that they were made to do a work detail instead of going to a concert.

I'll wait and see what happens with the officer.

I do have some resentment when I read threads about localized incidences and we suddenly apply the situation to the whole body. So a Captain goes and does something stupid, we see the word Christian rock band applied, and we suddenly leap to the conclusion that the American Military is some body of Christ spreading the word through a efficient use of artillary, air power, fast moving armor and the natural aggressive nature of the united States Marines.

now if you'll excuse me, at 13:00 hours Chaplain Charlie will tell you about how the free world will conquer Communism with the aid of God and a few Marines! God has a hard-on for Marines because we kill everything we see! He plays His games, we play ours! To show our appreciation for so much power, we keep heaven packed with fresh souls! God was here before the Marine Corps! So you can give your heart to Jesus, but your as$ belongs to the Corps! Do you ladies understand?
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