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To: decimon

“Most of these soldiers have never been in a fistfight or any kind of a physical confrontation. They are stunned when they get smacked in the face,” said Capt. Scott Sewell, overseeing almost 190 trainees in their third week of training. “We are trying to get them to act, to think like warriors.”

When I was in GRADE school we were fighting. Things sure have changed.


2 posted on 03/16/2010 4:19:16 AM PDT by dljordan (Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few; and let another take his office. ")
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To: dljordan

When you were in grade school they probably didn’t expel you for using your hand as a gun.


3 posted on 03/16/2010 4:34:02 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: dljordan

When I was in GRADE school we were fighting. Things sure have changed.

Yep!


14 posted on 03/16/2010 4:52:06 AM PDT by BnBlFlag (Deo Vindice/Semper Fidelis "Ya gotta saddle up your boys; Ya gotta draw a hard line")
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To: dljordan
*** When I was in GRADE school we were fighting. Things sure have changed. ***

Yep. Same here. We were always fighting. About once every two weeks and it was always among 'friends'.

Even after Grade School. In HS I averaged one a year, but those weren't with a 'friend'.

Heck, I had some of my best fights with my two best friends. And they're still my best friends. And I still only have two of 'em ;-)

29 posted on 03/16/2010 5:20:08 AM PDT by Condor51 (A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. [A. Einstein])
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To: dljordan
They are stunned when they get smacked in the face,” said Capt. Scott Sewell

Isn't that the idea?

39 posted on 03/16/2010 5:47:22 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy (great thing about being a cynic: you can enjoy being proved wrong.)
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