Motivational Poster Thread (warning content)

That could do as my Xmas present.40 years ago +
I see Castle has had his dip-stick checked.

 

nom nom nom

cheeeeesssseeeee

 

heart attack in a bun. With bacon!

 

¿Quién se ha llevado mi queso?

 

with tomato soup! (yes, I skipped dinner tonight)

 

all it needs is bacon!!!

 

the best selfie evah! goodnight!

 

He can read the menu ... He just can't order!

 

Depends whether the deserter, and the sniper were muslims or not.....A conservative is not likely to concede that a Taliban or a Shiite Militia sniper served their cause (Iraq / Afghanistan) with honour and distinction, nor that a "towel head" deserter is much of a hero, if an American deserter is viewed as a coward.



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It seems a rather silly and self serving meme that paints progressives and conservatives in a false dichotomy of black...and white...with no gradations of grey in between. People and their perceptions may not be so neatly pigeonholed as some might like us to think. It is particularly poisonous to exploit the life and reputation of a dead celebrity serviceman towards mean and ideologically divisive purposes (by both extremes of the ideological/political spectrum).

There is no intrinsic honour or heroism in merely racking up a big body count...even if doing so requires some skill, perspicacity, and determination in the face of danger to oneself. Bomber pilots can achieve a large body count from 30K feet in a single sortie.

There is no intrinsic cowardice in deserting as a soldier, particularly if the cause is morally questionable. It could be argued that to desert may be evidence of moral courage. Would that more Germans in WWII had shown the moral courage to desert the command of a lunatic meglomanic (aka Adolf Hitler)...instead of dying as heroes and killing American servicemen to prove that Wehrmacht soldiers would serve with honour and distinction to the bitter end.

Heroes and villains...Hollywood can transform one to the other and vice versa....it is rather short sighted to look at the world as being populated by people wearing white hats and black hats...or swollowing uncritically the propoganda of either side of the ideological spectrum, whatever the source....

 

Did that make sense to anyone else? Yeah, me neither.

 

Sure it makes sense... point of view, shades of gray... (no not the movie)... with the proper "Press" (read propaganda in some cases) a spin can be put on anything... I do think however that the comments in the meme were pointed at a specific liberal who writes from a left wing perspective and doesn't like MacDonald's...

 

@Jab I think it was an April fools post[emoji12]

 

That makes more sense.

 

THAT is Bloody Brilliant! I am SO making one for tailgating!

 

Naw, just a fool's post full of meaningless straw man arguments.