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Originally Posted by philam15 whoa whoa whoa, I don't think he's trying to say us "civvies" are not able to fill the job, I think he's just saying that military people would be more apt to crack the whip more, meaning a tighter ship, opposed to non-military people.
But he is wrong, us "civvies" cannot be classified that we cannot be strick JUST because we havn't been in the military. DO NOT LUMP! | No what he is doing is taking a cheap shot which is his trademark and to be honest I really don't have an issue with being called a "civvie" although I can't understand why anyone would want to denigrate a role he now fills himself.
It is actually this somewhat snide remark that I like to respond to. Quote: |
You civvie types probably won't understand or appreciate this but I'm going to try and dumb it down for ya to understand.
| because it is rude, somewhat schoolyard and totally bereft of fact.
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If horses would have hands and could paint with their hands and create works of art like the humans, then horses would form and paint the gods with the shape of horses and they would build sculptures according to their own bodies.
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Last edited by MontyB; August 13th, 2007 at 02:25.
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