Posted on 05/09/2008 2:19:07 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Demonised in the West as goons guarding the Olympic torch along its chaotic world tour, these pictures show how China's paramilitary police learn their unwavering discipline.
Officers of the People Paramilitary Police preparing for the Olympics are drilled on the parade ground with pins in their collars and crosses on their backs to ensure perfect posture.
But instead of the blue tracksuits members wore while escorting the flame, they are kitted out in full dress uniform during the exercise at their base in Shenyang, Liaoning province.
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In my world the cross has a very different meaning.
Pictures tell more than a thousand words.
Right. This is not what our Lord meant when He spoke of taking up your cross daily . . .
But then I thought, God will not leave Himself without witness, will He.
"Hey private Ng, your shoe's untied."
chime in
and yet they still dress them in uniforms that are one or two sizes too big for them.
Got to see this!
What happens if you sneeze?
NUMBER 5, YOUR CROSS CROOKED! YOU DIE NOW!
WAIT! NUMBER 9 CROSS CROOKED! NOT NUMBER 5!
YOU CONFUSE LEADER! NOW BOTH DIE!
You die?
Are those pins strategically placed to avoid the main arteries or hit them?
Wow.....gives a whole new meaning to the term - “robotic, mindless ChiCom goons.”
Chinese midshipmen must hate “bracing-up”.
No military in the world has sizes other than “Too large” and “too small”....
This reminds me of the old story that shiny buttons on the cuffs of soldiers coats came from Catherine the great - revolted by soldiers wiping their noses on their sleeves, she ordered them to be fitted with buttons to prevent this behaviour.
My first thought too. I wonder if the irony is lost?
There are millions of Christians in China.
"Hey Chung-chung, your zipper's open..."
“The aim of military training is not just to prepare men for battle, but to make them long for it.” - Louis Simpson.
My bet is that after a few hours of this kind of training, these guys would love nothing more than to kill something or someone.
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Hu's lying now?
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Do you believe this is the truth?
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