G.I. Joe No Great American Hero, Group Says

CNSNews.com ^ | 11/16/01 | Michael L. Betsch

[Noumenon]

"Pacifists are among the most immoral of men. They make no distinction between aggression and defense. Therefore, pacifism is one of the greatest allies an aggressor can have!"
Patrick Henry

"“The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrong doer." 
Theodore Roosevelt

"The initiation of violence to enforce one's will upon another is an abomination, but pacifism in the face of evil is a crime against Man, nature, justice and reason."
Ward Dorrity

[jrherreid]

I used to play (rather violently) with an action figure of from Fischer Price that had no military connection whatsoever. Despite that, he succeeded in conducting many commando raids until he was killed in a rockslide. I buried his mangled plastic corpse in the back yard, and set a marker where he had died.

[real saxophonist]

I'm gonna go kick their asses.

[gimme1ibertee]

Agreed.When will there nutnicks learn that aggressive behavior is a normal part of the human psyche,as much a part of us as breathing? The surest way to "screw a kid up" is to teach them that the world is a place full of love and kindness and sunshine and rainbows and nothing bad ever happens.God,I am sooooo sick of these screwballs!!

[real saxophonist]

Hope they never find out about this...

[BansheeBill]

If you remember seeing this ad in comic books and magazines like Boy's Life...you are probably close to, or have just passed, the big Five Oh.

[RightOnline]

""Our message has always been, as far as children are concerned, violence is not child's play," White said, especially "when there is so much real violence going on in the world.""

[Unfortunately, kattracks, don't mean to complain, but you somehow omitted the rest of Ms. White's quote; something I'll take it upon myself to rectify, with your approval] "........but then again, I have the I.Q. of a rutabaga and wouldn't know a little boys' mind or wants if they grew teeth and bit me on my proper, tight little ass. In addition, I have issues with puppies and their sharp little teeth........."

[RightOnline]

By the time G.I. Joe rolled around, I was nearing 10 years of age and remember eschewing ol' Joe because I believed that "only girls played with dolls!!!" No, we played with toy guns...........HUGE, whole neighborhood "war games". He with the coolest gun(s) ruled. It was great.

Try THAT today in neighborhoods like the one I live in, where everyone's just a tad too prissy (yes, men included).

[WFTR]

Lion and Lamb and the American Psychobabble Association should have had offices in the WTC.

[centexan]

Toy maker Hasbro first debuted G.I. Joe in 1964 and named the action figure after the movie, "The Story Of G.I. JOE."

That movie is based on Ernie Pyle's writings and the title role of Captain Walker, played by Robert Mitchum, was based on my Uncle, Capt. Henry Waskow. Pyle wrote what was probably his most famous story relating the tale of Capt. Waskow's body being brought down the mountain by mule and of his troops saying goodbye to their Captain.

[centexan]

On May 2, 1968, Master Sergeant (then Staff Sergeant) Roy P. Benavidez distinguished himself by a series of daring and extremely valorous actions while assigned to Detachment B-56, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces, Republic of Vietnam.

A great man. I had the honor of meeting him twice. I'm glad to see him get the recognition.

[McGavin999]

Funny, when kids were given toy guns for Christmas, played cowboy and indian, cops and robbers, "war", and other such games, there was far less violence in the world.

We were brought up to believe that the good guy ALWAYS wins. That was enough to make kids want to emulate the good guy.

The thing that has fostered violence is the moral relevance that's been going on out there. Understanding the bad guy's actions allowed kids to think a bad guy can get away with it.

[tet68]

"Parents know their children best," she said, and what is "most appropriate for them."

Remind me to get little Tet some more ammunition in .308,8MM,and 7.62x54.

[tet68]

Remember reading it. Pyle deserved a medal himself just for being as far forward as he was on all fronts.

[centexan]

The Death of Captain Waskow

Posted as a Memorial Day tribute.

[sit-rep]

I have two young daughters. They asked me a few times to play Barbies with them...I kinda glanced at the wife and she quickly "filled in for me".

My past birthday, I opened a present from my oldest(5) and as I seen it was a G.I.Joe guy, she immediatly said..."You can play barbies with us now dad!! Trouble is, I have to wait to they get a little older before they catch the macho attitude and body language I puppet to G.I.Joe...get a good laugh from time to time from the wife if she's in ear shot, which makes it worth while.

They have "softened" the dolls face a bit from what he used to look like. I think that is as far as they should go. Taking the doll off the self?....screw these wimps. G.I.Joe will always have a place in our home for several reasons...

SR

[sit-rep]

Now they use them as targets for their guns. All in all, a well rounded childhood.

If they are hitting a barbie doll at 200yrds, I would say they have achieved excellence. ;^)

SR

[X-USAF]

A great man. I had the honor of meeting him twice. I'm glad to see him get the recognition.

A distinct honor to be in the presence of a real hero. Those will be two memories that you should never forget.

[perez24]

My brother and I scare our wives whenever we talk about stuff we did as kids. I don't know if our wives are sissies or we were young sociopaths (I'm inclined toward the latter).