Lol I so get FE now.

On another forum I'm on, an Airsoft one, someone posted the video in the Off Topic of that US soldier running down the hill and getting shot then calling for help to "distract the enemy gunners who had pinned his squad".

It has language in it so I won't post the link.

But they are all saying what a good soldier he was and how it was so brave and well done, and how, after I pointed out it was a total failure of military skills, no one can judge him unless we've been in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban.....

Lol. It is so much fun to rile them up.

After posting a couple of times to point out where he went wrong (EVERYTHING) and what he did right (NOTHING) and how this is a really good piece of video to show what shouldn't get done, two guys posted "I give up!" and left.

Armchair quaterbacking? Yes. That's the benefits of being able to watch videos in the safety of your house. Does that mean what is said is invalid? No. There are a bunch of real hard charging been there done that guys who have, if not the same, them very similar thoughts on the video.

Yeah, suddenly getting shot at messes up your OODA loop. Been there, done that. Doesn't justify pretending you are Rambo though.

But I honestly "get" how much fun FE can have simply by stirring the pot. I'll grant you he tends to stick to one or two very narrow lanes and tries to drag any discussion into them, but I understand why he does it.

KBK

That video should be viewed as embarrassing  to the U.S. Military at best. 

agentwhale007 wrote: I guess.  It's sort of the reason I don't come here much anymore, though.

This. 

I just noticed whales title lol

I think there is a difference between trolling and bringing up arguments. That isn't very clear I know, but there is arguing simply for the sake of it and arguing because you don't happen to fall in line with everyone else's opinion. Sometimes this is a bad thing and people really should get a clue, but other times the group with the different opinions really should lighten up.

KBK

Meanwhile I'm getting dream work in the states and getting paid great money. Terk yer jerbs!

FE wrote: It is just a message board, don't take it so serious... Or maybe some of your world views are actually flawed?... Ever consider that.

Considered it? I guarantee it.

That's the trouble. A worldview is simply a way of reasoning out a concept. With politics, the vast majority of opinions come from untested classroom arguments. Conservatives argue that if we deregulate business will be able to thrive and function more naturally where liberals view unregulated business as a runaway train taking out entire towns wherever it lands.

But business has only rarely been completely unregulated and it's never been entirely regulated. So it's simply a clash of theories and that's fine because the vast majority of science is theoretical not factual.

But then there are people who believe their worldview too be infallible. They believe that, not only are they right, but that any attempt to oppose their worldview is an act of ignorance and aggression.

It's why the Drudgereport or (insert liberal news source) is full of angry, venomous mud slinging instead of polite dialectic. People that fail to see the their view is simply one of a thousand ways of skinning the same cat are typically violent in their narcissism because to them they view alternating onions in an almost phobic light.

My worldview changes every time I go to class. Conservatives call this "liberal brainwashing" I call it "learning."

stratoaxe wrote: My worldview changes every time I go to class. Conservatives call this "liberal brainwashing" I call it "learning."

agentwhale007 wrote: impulse418 wrote: I just noticed whales title lol I think it's more for the beard than the political ideology.

There are plenty of famous people with beards to choose from.


Edited by impulse418 - 05 October 2012 at 6:54pm

agentwhale007 wrote: impulse418 wrote: agentwhale007 wrote: impulse418 wrote: I just noticed whales title lol I think it's more for the beard than the political ideology.  There are plenty of famous people with beards to choose from. There are also a number of people on this board who are actually rather liberal, I'm just not sure I'd be one of them.

But stereotypes are fun.