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schmendrick
2014-05-17 11:45 pm UTC (link)

Sep, plenty of people have no problem with killing people, actually, whether in theory or practice, and whether for pragmatic reasons or because someone does, indeed, have justice coming to them. For instance, most law enforcement and military, like myself and my family, are going to have this mindset (if not, they're in the wrong profession, IMHO). That said, yes, of course, it's usually wrong, but hardly always. Case by case basis.

And believe me, military & law enforcement look at your sensibilities funny too! Civilians say the darnedest things sometimes ;)

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	sepiamagpie 2014-05-17 11:51 pm UTC (link)
	uh (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kumquat_of_doom 2014-05-17 11:58 pm UTC (link)
	Jesus fuck. Fucking grateful I live in a country where 90+% of police are unarmed, if your attitude is anything to go by. If law enforcement have no problem with killing people then they're in the wrong damned job. (And in the words of Sam Vimes, law enforcement are civilians.) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sepiamagpie 2014-05-18 12:00 am UTC (link)
	I AM PRETTY SURE I SPECIFICALLY USED THE WORD 'MURDER' TOO. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

schmendrick
2014-05-18 12:30 am UTC (link)

Well, yeah, "murder" is generally wrong. But still case-by-case basis; sometimes it's the only and/or best form of justice. I, personally, have never murdered anyone, but neither have I been in a position where it looked like a good option.

Look, if potentially killing people is part of your job, then you'd best be mentally prepared, and killing better not be a big deal in general, except from the standpoint of potential legal repercussions, if your actions aren't entirely justifiable. Why do people think they have military recruits singing cadens about clubbing baby seals and dropping napalm on Vietnamese villages? (They're not supposed to teach those songs anymore, but they live on). The idea's to desensitize.

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	sepiamagpie 2014-05-18 12:31 am UTC (link)
	Are you having some sort of episode, son? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kumquat_of_doom 2014-05-18 12:35 am UTC (link)
	I will bet you fifty of your Canadian dollars that this person has never been in law enforcement/military in their pretty little lives. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sepiamagpie 2014-05-18 12:39 am UTC (link)
	Oh good, with that I can buy a British can of soda. I'm trying to figure out how we went 'murdering people over a show is wrong and you should probably include that as a reason not to murder people over a show' to murder being in quote marks and weirdass ideas about the military. Like, this is internet tough guyism taken to stupid extremes. (Reply to this)(Parent)

schmendrick
2014-05-18 12:45 am UTC (link)

First MOS was 46Q Motor Transport Operator, ie truck-driver, ie convoy driver. Not going to give you my MOS after that. And both parents are career Dept. of Corrections (ie prison guards), thank you very much. I was raised by people who handled the worst possible people every day, and all their friends were either Corrections or cops or former cops.

And that's as much as there is to say about that.

So, was bored. Commented. Not particularly interested in more back and forth. This is why military often thinks of civilians as a different *species* That is the exact term we often use amongst ourselves. I, btw, am a civilian again, but once a soldier, always.

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	sepiamagpie 2014-05-18 12:47 am UTC (link)
	You've got a mod warning for using 'bored' as an excuse to be a creep. It's under the creepy bastard rule that the mods sometimes enforce. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	schmendrick 2014-05-18 12:51 am UTC (link)
	Very well. Toddling off, then. G'night. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	schmendrick 2014-05-18 01:09 am UTC (link)
	Oh, wait, one thing: meant to say 88M, Motor Transport, not 46Q (which was the last MOS, whoops). I actually am tired. Good night for real now. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ecchaniz0r 2014-05-18 01:40 am UTC (link)
	you actually are a loser, too. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tez 2014-05-18 02:47 am UTC (link)
	How are we supposed to relate? We're a different species. (Which is, incidentally, not a term I have EVER heard any of the military members of my family, of which there are many, use to refer to civilians.) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ecchaniz0r
2014-05-18 03:26 am UTC (link)

lol not the members of my family or family friends in law enforcement or corrections either. and let me tell you...cops are some of the gossippiest, no-brain-to-mouth-filter-when-they're-relaxed people you will ever meet. ESPECIALLY MOUNTIES.

ten bucks says tryhard mcfuckass up there ~corrected~ their random string of numbers in accordance with finding more accurate google-terminology for what shit they made up about their jaerb. they honestly sound like a giant fucking liar, to be honest. too many details, too much stereotypical posturing. i'd say buddy up there is about as honest as thanfiction about their vocation and past career :D

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	bacon_lover 2014-06-08 08:29 pm UTC (link)
	JAAAAAEEEEEEEYYYYOOOOOOOORRRRRRB! I lol'ed. I haven't thought of that in forever. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	full_metal_ox 2014-05-19 11:25 pm UTC (link)
	Not in so many words, but there's the much-quoted analogy of criminals (or other enemies) as wolves, civilians as sheep, and police/servicemembers as sheepdogs: http://mwkworks.com/onsheepwolvesandsheepdogs.html (I suspect the infamous "assholes, pussies, and dicks" speech from Team America: World Police of being a direct parody.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ashenmote 2014-05-18 02:32 pm UTC (link)
	Tired or not, blabbing out your first and last MOS to the other species isn't something that will make any Career Parent of Corrections proud on you. I hope you know that, son. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kumquat_of_doom 2014-05-18 06:45 pm UTC (link)
	You are unspeakably hot right now. (Reply to this)(Parent)

sandglass
2014-05-18 12:38 am UTC (link)

Pretty sure that's the reason why we have unarmed, innocent civilians getting beaten and killed by police and military all the time.

Not to mention the cops and soldiers who end up with PTSD, alcoholism, and other problems partially as a result of desensitization. But sure, praise the idea of killing people without feeling anything, that doesn't reduce the value of human life at all.

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	schmendrick 2014-05-18 12:17 am UTC (link)
	But your civilians are also unarmed, no? That makes a world of difference. TBH, I'd be perfectly happy if nobody had weapons over here, but that'll never happen, and it's a rough country in general. As Gollum said to Sam and Frodo, "We aren't in nice places." But, uh, no - law enforcement are most assuredly not civilians. Not even in your country. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ecchaniz0r 2014-05-18 12:38 am UTC (link)
	u drunk or just a tryhard (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kumquat_of_doom 2014-05-18 06:40 pm UTC (link)
	Law enforcement are civilians. They do not enlist. They are not an army. (Except a few idiots like yourself, who think they are.) Trot on, poppet. I think your Call of Duty campaign is waiting for you. (Reply to this)(Parent)

puipui
2014-05-18 02:49 am UTC (link)

How in the actual fuck does any of your comment have anything to do with killing someone for being a brony? What in the actual fuck is wrong with you?

I hate to say this, but your icon is clearly wrong. You aren't an average schmuck. You are a gargantuan schmuck of epic fucking proportions, and also kind of scary.

Oh, and also, I lied; I didn't hate to say that. Schmuck.

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	tez 2014-05-18 04:32 am UTC (link)
	Oh, and also, I lied; I didn't hate to say that. I was gonna say... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kumquat_of_doom 2014-05-18 06:57 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, and also, I lied; I didn't hate to say that. cackles (Reply to this)(Parent)

	iczer6 2014-05-20 04:20 am UTC (link)
	And lets not drag Schmendrick into this. He's too awesome a character for this crap. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	spawn_of_kong 2014-05-20 03:04 pm UTC (link)
	Well, given that "schmendrick" is also the Yiddish word for "fool," it is kind of apt in this case. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	napalmnacey 2014-07-16 04:58 am UTC (link)
	I know this is months old, but what the fuck is wrong with you?! (Reply to this)(Parent)

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