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To: Boot Hill
I think "organic" here means the weapons "belong" to the unit using them (rifles and 60mm mortars as opposed to F-18's and tanks for an infantry company).
19 posted on 01/17/2005 5:40:51 PM PST by procambarus
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To: procambarus
I appreciate your explanation. But sometimes I feel that our language is being bogged down with euphemisms and terms-of-art that try much too hard to paint a happy face on the realities of life. I guess I prefer something more up-front and direct, like, "we use sniper fire to kill these son of bitches before they kill us", rather than, "we destroy targets with organic direct fire weapons".

It's just a matter of taste.

--Boot Hill

20 posted on 01/17/2005 6:09:54 PM PST by Boot Hill (How do you verbalize a noun?)
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