Extreme deification of the armed forces..

[Burgey]

I will be interested* to hear D/L's view as to whether it's acceptable to punch Nazis in the face.

*in the same morbid sort of way I'm curious to know what motivates a family annihilator

 

[D/L]

yeah nah i've seen enough women in combat sport to be fairly confident that if there were ever a need for mass recruitment in new zealand, a bucketload of girls would be signing up. i think men underestimate just how many women love a good fight.

and if they meet the fitness requirements and pass basic training, full power to them.

That's a big "if" unless, of course, standards are tailored. However, on the battlefield, no allowances would be made.

 

[Flem274*]

That's a big "if" unless, of course, standards are tailored. However, on the battlefield, no allowances would be made.

noted field of putting inclusiveness above pragmatism, the armed forces.

there's chix in the army who could smash you. sorry bro.

have you ever trained combat sport with a girl? pro v pro, the male will always win, and everything is certain until someone ducks into a knee.

 

[harsh.ag]

Modern battles are being fought in hand-to-hand combat mode, apparently

 

[sledger]

Why are people still replying seriously to him?

 

[Bijed]

Modern battles are being fought in hand-to-hand combat mode, apparently

Call of Duty taught me that a knife is a one-hit instakill and you move faster with it equipped so this would make sense

 

[Bijed]

I've sort of come to believe that the human need for identity and the human need to have an outgroup to feel superior to are both fixed, and the best we can do is have identities that don't lead to violence and outgroups that at least vaguely deserve it.

Yeah, sort of like how all of us one here know we're superior to Cricsim and PlanetCricket posters

 

[NZTailender]

Modern battles are being fought in hand-to-hand combat mode, apparently

In all seriousness, weren't there a significant number of soldiers reporting the surprising amount of hand to hand combat they had to do in Iraq? I think it was mostly with clearing buildings.

 

[Gnske]

Modern battles are being fought in hand-to-hand combat mode, apparently

Hey, sometimes you just get the urge to throat punch a civilian and break their neck instead of gunning them all down like cattle.

 

[Burgey]

Heading to the States in September, and if I have to give up a seat on a domestic carrier just because some jarhead has done seven tours in the 'ghan, I'll be mightily pissed off.

 

[Flem274*]

Modern battles are being fought in hand-to-hand combat mode, apparently

well this too, but i wanted to get on the front foot to his underlying assumption since it's obvious he's never been in a fight

 

[Gnske]

Is it really a fight anyway unless you draw the blood of your enemy?

 

[D/L]

Why are people still replying seriously to him?

Is that what they are doing? Most seem to be in denial of reality, including yourself, a conclusion reached not only through perusal of this thread.

 

[D/L]

In all seriousness, weren't there a significant number of soldiers reporting the surprising amount of hand to hand combat they had to do in Iraq? I think it was mostly with clearing buildings.

Indeed; less recently in the Falklands too. It's something that will always need to be trained for in soldiering and requires, amongst other things, as much speed and strength as can be mustered.

 

[sledger]

Is that what they are doing? Most seem to be in denial of reality, including yourself, a conclusion reached not only through perusal of this thread.

yeah, so I checked, and turns out you're a bag of **** with legs

 

[D/L]

yeah, so I checked, and turns out you're a bag of **** with legs

It's hardly surprising that you would descend to this level but such comments say far more about those who utter them (and those who "like" them) than they do of their targets.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Shut up dumbass

 

[Gnske]

Shut up dumbass

Look PEWS and Harsh he's abusing a new member trying to give his 2 cents. Are you going to punish him like the BAD boy he is?

#FREESHRI

 

[Adders]

Heads up gnske.......harsh ain't a mod anymore. Loving your work though bud.

#freeshri.

 

[Gnske]

Did that stop Wiesenthal from hunting down Adolf Eichmann?