I was a coastie, and I don't take offense to the statement.
The coasties involved sound like they were merely following orders. We call cops JBT's etc when we feel it's deserved, and there are many cops and families of cops.
If FR is reduced to only those that follow a strictly defined script, it would really suck. FR is a news 7 information discussion forum first and foremost. All the great threads like the Canteen are bred from the original news& information discussion fomat.
Don't take what I say as agreement with Nov3, though.
that was friendly.
If you don't take offense when somebody tells you "screw you," what do you take offense at? He wasn't saying "screw those rare individuals who don't measure up to the standard." He was saying "Screw the Coast Guard, National Guard, NOPD etc." In other words, "screw you." He was referring to some of my family and friends, and I take offense at that. I'm not sure who he meant by "etc," but that probably includes some more of my family and friends.