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Originally posted by Jeff Higgins
This is a horrible tragedy no matter how you look at it. I really feel for the families of the officers involved, and the family of the poor kid that so obviously lost it. Everyone touched by this will carry the scars forever. I'm not sure what exactly the point was for bringing it up here; we can get news directly from news sources. Most of us post these kinds of stories to try to make a point about something, and try to clearly state whatever that point is. Red, I'm sorry, but I must be a little on the slow side - I can't find where you stated your point, and I'm obviously not bright enough to guess what it might be. So, what exactly are you trying to tell us here?
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Why does there have to be a point? When Mule posts his KKK stuff what is his point?
You want a point here is one.
This rarely happens. You can probably count on your hands how many times a marine has gone postal in the last 50 years. If you ask me that is a pretty good statement about how good the marines are. For every 500,000 marines you might have 1 with mental problems and when the person went nuts they sure can bring in carnage in a way the average person can't.
The marines are our modern day ninjas or jedi warriors. Its interesting when one becomes a sith and goes nuts because its a rare event. Compare that to postal workers or bad cops. Its easy to find a bad cop, probably a 1/3 are IMHO. Size that up against marines and you got 1/500,000. So when one goes bad its an event!