“beating someone like Michael Vick’s dog will only work on someone with a dog-level intellect. “
Didn’t happen. The ‘beating’ he got was well under what many Marines do in basic.
“OMG, they smacked his HELMET! What Big Meanies!”
And yes, getting slugged or hit with the end of a rifle DID cure folks regularly. That isn’t movie experience, but my family’s 3 tours in the Marines in Iraq & son’s 2 tours (Iraq and Afghanistan). I turned a blind eye to enlisted correcting enlisted while in the USAF, and it also turned out well. Very well.
earlier you said it “always” worked, but I guess that perfect record is shot.
unless the intent was something different. then perhaps this story can be considered a “success” also.
just curious, if one of your targets had then gone and shot himself, what level of culpability would you have had? would you have felt guilty? changed your methods? would the high-fiving at least have been more subdued?
as has been pointed out this entire thread, real leaders don’t encourage this kind of behavior, real leaders stop it.