E4 No More

I'm pissed! My danged DVR didn't record the last frigg'n show.

The part of the bible that applies today, (New Testament in other words), is to obey the laws of the land in which we dwell. Punishment is set forth in the law of the land as well: therefore, we obey those too. So this hand-cutting crap is just that. IMHO, the biggest problem with "believers" today is that they cannot apply 2 Timothy 2:15 "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" [emphasis mine] to their lives. They fail in this because they fail to study. The bible was written to the Jews, the non-believers, (the lost), and the Saints, (believers). A believer cannot apply what was written to the Jews to themself, but they frequently try. So you get these people saying some of the stupid crap you see now days.

If I thought that you were seriously asking I'd give you a serious answer, but I know better.

Well, back to the OP. I agree with you here 100%.

You're just embarrassing yourself now, but it's your life. BTW: Protestants are groups that split from the Catholic Church in protest to their dogma and other things. There is not just Catholics and Protestants. There are many groups that have had nothing to do with the Catholic Church ever. The biggest "group" would be Baptist.

Wow! Someone's lack of understanding of the bible is just astounding! But who said the law of the Old Testament is what should be used?

Roger that!

True, and opinions are like butt-holes: everyone has one, and they all stink.

Cool. Thank you.

And the price is?

She used code for "You aren't important enough to talk to about this."

So if someone steals a pencil, (as an example), they deserve getting hung?

I find it humorous when people declare someone a "winner" when said someone says something that they agree with as if they are the absolute judge of the matter.

It's always about the money.

News flash: We have a legal system; not a justice system.

They got news reels shown to them in the rear areas, and what better way to fire-up your Marines than to report the inflammatory items to them? EDIT: They also had war correspondents in the mix too. Since I'm prior enlisted, I kind of like the overall lack of focus on the officers other than Ack-ack. I could relate to how a leader like him would be appreciated by the company. Heck! I was sad when he died. It's just that Smedley Butler, Chesty Puller and Dan Daly were such a part of our history drummed into us in bootcamp, so I guess I'm also a bit sensitive to them brushing over Chesty in the series.

I would bet that you are wrong here. They saw it first hand, and command took great pains to let them know what was going on for morale purposes. There are reports of commands having to order their men to take prisoners for intelligence purposes.

Just to be clear, I am fully aware that the "Rape of Nanking" was in China. I was using that and the nurses as examples of the severity of their atrocities for I do not know specifics atrocities at Iwo Jima or Pelilu. Perhaps I'm more sensitive to the way the story is being told because I am a former Marine, but I do see it as obviously one sided in the sense of atrocities being committed. One could do an entire series on the Japanese atrocities during the war, but I have also seen Hollywood do this crap in other formats getting stupid people to believe just one side: hence, the "We should pay reparations to the Japanese for what we did!" crap I've seen floated around.

I also seem to recall that their marketing was a bit Band of Brothers-ish, so I'm shocked at the difference in the shows.

Compared to throwing newborn babies up in the air to impale them on their bayonets as they did in Nanking (SP?) or line-up a bunch of captured American nurses and machinegunning them down on a beach, no, it's not.

Who'da thunk it that it'd catch dollar signs too?

Ya, I think the Iranians have no idea how big and mean the tiger is at the other end of that tail. Of course, our ******* POTUS would probably let them blow up a ship and then try to understand them.

Also, they just skip over Chesty Puller in the whole thing. The most decorated Marine Officer, and they skip over his contributions? WTF?

My point is that they didn't screw the truth up near as bad as they normally do. The man stood-off 3,000 Japs on "The Canal" with a couple of machine guns before repairing a third machinegun. They came no where close to that fact when they shot the scene at "The Canal".

Considering that they think that we are the Great Satan and that they are protected by Allah, I think the more accurate statement would be when things get ugly....