[quietolong]

Don't you think "Adopt a Sniper" Is a little over the top.
What's wrong with just Adopt a service member.

[Yossarian]

Don't you think "Adopt a Sniper" Is a little over the top. What's wrong with just Adopt a service member.

I'm not a vet, but from what I understand, snipers are heaven-sent angels when you're in a tough fight with a determined foe.

We often have a negative connotation around the term "sniper", because nut-case snipers are so insidious in civilian life, but the truth is many good American vets are walking this earth thanks to disciplined, professional U.S. military snipers. And there is nothing "over the top" about that!

[Brad’s Gramma]

There's an organization called Adopt-a-Sniper. I've been to their web page. As weird as the concept sounds....apparently the men (and women) who are snipers in the military have needs beyond that of the "regular" military.

They take donations for these snipers, things that they need day to day. It's NOT a spoof (from what I could see), nor is it comical.

I wish I had the site bookmarked...maybe Google it??

[Polybius]

Don't you think "Adopt a Sniper" Is a little over the top. What's wrong with just Adopt a service member.

I agree with quietolong although I would change it to "Equip a U.S. Military Sniper". ( Serious, as is their mission. Accurate. No cute word games. No secondary gain of getting the goat of the University Administration.)

As a member of the M.U. College Republicans, you have to honestly ask yourself how much of this p*ssing contest has to do with actually supporting our U.S. military snipers and how much this has to do with yanking the chain of the University Administration.

In this particular case, "Adopt a Sniper" is much too generic, inflammatory and flippant.

What is a "sniper"?

It could be:

Remember the DC Sniper?

or

Farm Worker Killed by Terrorist Sniper Fire in Gaza

or

Sniper May Be Shooting At Vehicles On I - 44 ( Missouri )

Leaving the word "sniper" hanging out there without a qualifier is not appropriate.

The bottom line is that the organization that started the program has decided that the original name "Adopt a Sniper" was "unprofessional" and has changed its name to "AmericanSnipers.org".

Q: Why did Adopt a Sniper (adoptasniper.org) change names to American Snipers (americansnipers.org)? A: There are several reasons: 1. ADOPTASNIPER was named when we were only just a few cops "adopting" a few deployed friends to help them out. 2. Many people think it is all one big joke due to the name and look no further. Worse still ... some of their comments such as "How much do I feed my sniper or when do I walk my sniper?" is simply unprofessional.............WWW.AMERICANSNIPERS.ORG is just plain more professional when speaking with the CEO of a company or the president of the NRA or NSSF.