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2012-02-10T06:33:01+01:00

Two that blocks RFID: http://www.thinkgeek.com/brain/whereisi ... id&x=0&y=0

Statistics: Posted by MacAddict4Life — Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:33 am

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2012-02-10T06:09:13+01:00

Shnicky-Poo wrote:

But if they didn't know what the symbol meant, why would they use it?

Because when they joined, Sgt Dumbass told them it meant "Scout Sniper" and it looked cool like their heavy metal albums.

Statistics: Posted by Geesie — Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:09 am

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2012-02-10T06:07:41+01:00

But if they didn't know what the symbol meant, why would they use it?

Statistics: Posted by Shnicky-Poo — Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:07 am

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2012-02-10T06:06:14+01:00

Geesie wrote:

Repost.

Statistics: Posted by Geesie — Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:06 am

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2012-02-10T05:59:32+01:00

Shnicky-Poo wrote:

Whoops! Better move the thread.

Stop killing my chidlin's! But yeah, make a new one rather than co-opting a thread and committing it to the forum's purgatory. Goes for you too Geesie.

Statistics: Posted by Nini — Fri Feb 10, 2012 5:59 am

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2012-02-10T05:48:45+01:00

Shnicky-Poo wrote:

sigh

Quote:

“We don’t believe these Marine Corps snipers had a historical appreciation for what this symbol meant,” the official said. “As soon as leadership was made aware of it, they took action at the unit level and then passed that information throughout the sniper community and to those snipers serving in Afghanistan.”

That seems possible, said Allen Falk, national commander of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America.

“We believe that these young men likely did not understand the significance of this symbol, and we call on the Marine Corps to increase education on American history,” he said. “This issue goes beyond one of racism or anti-Semitism. Our fellow Americans fought and died to stop the Nazis, and it is shameful for any member of the military to display the symbols of Nazi Germany.”

The Corps has addressed the use of the SS logo before, however. A PowerPoint presentation posted on a Marine Corps website said it should not be used in any tattoos. The logo was used by German special police during World War II and is still used by neo-Nazis and graffiti to characterize anti-Semitism, white supremacy and facism, according to the presentation.

The MRFF said Thursday in a letter sent to Commandant Gen. Jim Amos, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and other top Pentagon officials that it was contacted by 45 active-duty Marines concerned about the photographs.

“The implication of these photographs, if true, should be readily apparent,” the letter said. “If the use of the Nazi insignia has been, in any way, condoned or tolerated by the Marine Corp.[sic], the implications are abhorrent to everything for which our country is fighting and the constitutional principles for which it stands.”

Talk about leadership failures.
And education failure.

Statistics: Posted by Geesie — Fri Feb 10, 2012 5:48 am

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2012-02-10T05:44:31+01:00

Whoops! Better move the thread.

Statistics: Posted by Shnicky-Poo — Fri Feb 10, 2012 5:44 am

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2012-02-10T05:41:50+01:00

This is not The Senate's Image Outreach Thread, go make one.

Statistics: Posted by Nini — Fri Feb 10, 2012 5:41 am

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2012-02-10T05:25:25+01:00

Dan wrote:

Whose

Grammar police.

Statistics: Posted by jr565 — Fri Feb 10, 2012 5:25 am

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2012-02-10T05:21:14+01:00

Statistics: Posted by Shnicky-Poo — Fri Feb 10, 2012 5:21 am