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2009/11/15 23:36:46
Subject: Re:Some guys are just born with steel balls
That's what forces like Green Berets and SEALs are for, to do the stuff that ordinary mortals cannot. It's too bad that they are given their orders by a bunch of lawmakers who are basically whores to special interests.
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What's he that wishes so?
My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin;
If we are mark'd to die, we are enow
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my desires.
But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive.
No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England.
God's peace! I would not lose so great an honour
As one man more methinks would share from me
For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more!
Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart; his passport shall be made,
And crowns for convoy put into his purse;
We would not die in that man's company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
This day is call'd the feast of Crispian.
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say 'To-morrow is Saint Crispian.'
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
And say 'These wounds I had on Crispian's day.'
Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember, with advantages,
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words-
Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester-
Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb'red.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
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A selfless, sacrificing man.
And it's sad that I've never before seen or heard of this mans bravery before. I believe the author even wrote that "we should see more of this instead of the crap on the media."
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I can't help but wonder why he didn't, like, kick it away or something.
I mean, he's a Navy SEAL, so I'm not doubting he knew what he was doing, I'm just curious as to how grenades work.
Anuvver fing - when they do sumfing, they try to make it look like somfink else to confuse everybody. When one of them wants to lord it over the uvvers, 'e says "I'm very speshul so'z you gotta worship me", or "I know summink wot you lot don't know, so yer better lissen good". Da funny fing is, arf of 'em believe it and da over arf don't, so 'e 'as to hit 'em all anyway or run fer it.
And it's sad that I've never before seen or heard of this mans bravery before. I believe the author even wrote that "we should see more of this instead of the crap on the media."
I would have thought a single photograph and an email chain is exactly the best way to deal with this kind of thing. I would think having the national media show up and turning this man's death into a circus would be hideous.
I'm normally the first to bash the media, but that's for focussing on trivia and reporting press releases as news. I don't think they need to be attacked for keeping a respectful distance from the death of a soldier.
“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
It is a bit like a balancing act, there was plenty of coverage of other deaths. Focusing on one soldier for a single act of bravery, is usually reserved for ridiculously epic stories, where the guy survives and saves like ten children and a goat.
Anyway, this guys family is lucky not to have to deal with the media really.
Orkeosaurus wrote:I can't help but wonder why he didn't, like, kick it away or something.
I mean, he's a Navy SEAL, so I'm not doubting he knew what he was doing, I'm just curious as to how grenades work.
It sounded like he didn't have an option, grenades usually don't go past a fifteen second fuse right? That leaves him a maximum of around 10 seconds, and he was clearly trained to make some sort of quick decision. I wonder what kind of gear the guy had though, not that light armor plates would really do the job.
Yeah, the grenade detonated as he landed on it, so I would call that the 'right' decision on his part. Brave guy.
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If it was a frag grenade, I guess I could see an extra five or ten feet of distance between it and you not doing anything to make it less dangerous. I mean, sharp bits of metal aren't going to slow down that fast.
So maybe that was part of it.
Anuvver fing - when they do sumfing, they try to make it look like somfink else to confuse everybody. When one of them wants to lord it over the uvvers, 'e says "I'm very speshul so'z you gotta worship me", or "I know summink wot you lot don't know, so yer better lissen good". Da funny fing is, arf of 'em believe it and da over arf don't, so 'e 'as to hit 'em all anyway or run fer it.
Could an armored helmet block shrapnel? Canning a grenade with a helmet, while jumping on it just sounds like it wouldn't work very well though.
Throwing grenades away doesn't seem like something that would actually work either. I can see someone being able to pick it up, and throw it right in front of them though... not very effective at all.
Frag grenades have a fairly large affect zone; like 45-50 feet. Sure, you can throw one pretty far, but probably not under the kind of duress you experience when the grenade is live.
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
Yeah, as I thought about it I realized I was thinking about the explosion and not the shrapnel.
Anuvver fing - when they do sumfing, they try to make it look like somfink else to confuse everybody. When one of them wants to lord it over the uvvers, 'e says "I'm very speshul so'z you gotta worship me", or "I know summink wot you lot don't know, so yer better lissen good". Da funny fing is, arf of 'em believe it and da over arf don't, so 'e 'as to hit 'em all anyway or run fer it.
2009/11/16 09:06:34
Subject: Re:Some guys are just born with steel balls
warpcrafter wrote:In that sort of situation, you really don't think, you just act.
A highly trained soldier will both think and act. Seals are not exactly grunts... not to say a grunt can't do some amazing stuff too. '
If I can draw with both hands while watching a movie, I am damn sure that someone could analyze and react to a situation like a grenade. The guy most definitely had something going through his head when he sacrificed himself.
Orkeosaurus wrote:I can't help but wonder why he didn't, like, kick it away or something.
I mean, he's a Navy SEAL, so I'm not doubting he knew what he was doing, I'm just curious as to how grenades work.
There was no way to tell how long the guy that threw the grenade had held on to it. If he picked it up to throw it and it went off, the effect would have been worse for all present than having it explode on the ground. Plus add in to the mix the question of how many seconds in the heat of battle did it take to locate the grenade after it bounced off his chest. If the grenade was still bouncing around, that would have been another factor against just grabbing and throwing it.
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hellsguardian316 wrote:I can't find the words good enough to honour such a man. *Salutes
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What a brave SEAL.That reminds me of the Rome thing when the guy had put his hand into the fire and said that any other young men in Rome would do that and the king of the invaders was so impressed that he had retreated from the Rome.
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fire4effekt wrote:BTW grenades have 5 second fuses.
Not necessarily true. Frags, perhaps. Smoke grenades are pretty instant... I know, I know... Not the same thing.
But you said "grenade", and I can hear my coworker asking what type of grenade, so he can fix the the bug... Oh, well... NM
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