The Internet is a tricky thing, Linebacker, you never know who you're talking to.
Best not to make assumptions, and always post as if you're face to face with someone and ready to take any consequences that might ensue.
101 Manners is the name of the game.
Just saying.
+1......MILLION
".....edit...."
Murphy do us all a favor and lock this thing.
I don't think so Nixer, it's much too late for that.
The damage has been done. I wish I'd had the time to read this 9 page thread before this.
Now, we should try to cleanse the good name of a slandered member.
Then we'll lock it.
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Speaking of the trailer ... I think Bradley Cooper has that stone cold relaxed sniper voice down pat!
Stone cold killing machine. Everything you want in a sniper.
....So, what you want in a sniper.
A good voice? And that makes him..."A Stone cold killing machine".
And that is what you believe a sniper is, everything you want?
I expect a little more.
I also think it’s laughable that some of you armchair snipers are making some very real decisions about killing a kid based on a Hollywood trailer.
Aren't most people here discussing 'real' events? What would they do in that situation, in 'real life'? That
is what this is about, we all know it.
Does DetCord's vehicle look like a
video game?
Is he just making that up too, copying photos?
Or, is he 'not allowed' to post, in your eyes, because he wasn't a 'sniper'.
Should we belittle him also?
Of course not. I thank him for his contribution.
Those photos are frightening, and real.
Max said it, "101 Manners".
Armchair sniper?
Ya, kinda like "armchair generals". You've never heard that term?
Really?
After you being here for years, reading these threads, making 1596 posts, and having several posters verify OG's accomplishments over the years, and BTW you can add me to the long list, and stating that he 'is' genuine, still....you call the man, OldGrognard, an "Armchair Sniper"!
Why would you think he is not genuine?
All of us who have been here for a decade or two, met him, been to his home, flew with him, know who he is. And have posted here, about the experience.
You have been here all that time.
Some are not armchair snipers. Way to put your foot in your mouth.
I'm only speaking of anyone who's posted in this thread.
Let's see a show of hands. Who has posted in this thread and has at least one confirmed kill as a sniper?
And the ultimate insult, asking before offering, some sort of 'detailed, personal' information, on his service.
I'd say it appears, that someone who is 'genuine', really admirable, and performed a great service to his country, displays a serious threat to you. You attack his integrity. Why does that appear to be a 'threat' to you personally?
Why the hostility, in the face of such overwhelming evidence all these years that, he is in fact, genuine?
That really makes me wonder about your contribution.
And I apologize to you OG, for bringing this up, I'm sure it's not the most 'pleasant' of memories.
I can relate to that. The 'reflection' on what changes I may have made in so many peoples lives, haunts me.
My experiences are on paper, in writing, and documented BTW.
I think of my 'violent' experiences daily, without 'reminders'. It just doesn't matter to me any longer. I go over them every night, regardless. It's not going away. It's just part of the 'experience', the cost every human pays for it. Nothing unique or unusual, in dealing with the aftermath. I know several people on this forum, in the same situation, with the same feelings.
But being called an 'armchair warrior', here, among friends, would be the
ultimate insult to me.
So...I can sympathize with OldGrognard. I'm sure it is to him also.
I apologize OG, for any abuse you suffered from posts in this forum.
My fault, I'm responsible. But what's done, is done. We can't take it back.
We can only try to put out the correct information. Some things can't be 'taken back'.
Thank you for your 'sacrifice'.
Because sometimes, it's more than just, service.