oooops, I pissed off a boy scout's parent

[ksuchewie]

It was supposed to be a simple trip to wal-mart to buy some ammo. I was going to sight-in my scope on my .30-30. I walk out after purchasing some ammo, and the boy in his scouts uniform asks me if I want to buy some popcorn or peanuts.
"Sorry, not today"
"Support the scouts please" says the parent.
I thought that was totally inapropriate because I had alread said no, so I decided to fire back...
"I don't support bigotry lady, so I'll buy my popcorn and peantures from somewhere else".
"What do you mean bigotry, that's a ridiculous statement!?!"
"No, it's ridiculous that the 'scouts plays off to be a private organization, yet relies on funding from the government and local agencies, and denies homosexuals to join the scouts."
..... long pause & thought on her parts.
"That's no true!"
"Uh, yeah it is.....Do you pay public schools to use their grounds for scout meetings?"
"well, no, it's free because we're the scouts!"
"So you're receiving benefits from public sources, which isn't available for MOST private organizations"
"and you point is"
"If you're going to say your a private organization so you can deny homosexuals membership into your organization, you shouldn't receive benefits from public services."


ugh, I was frustrated with that stupid parent. She doesn't even know the organization she has her kid in.

[jkroner659]

Good work. The boy scouts are a religious group but they don't so openly admit it. Parents just think its good for their kid and they don't care to find all the details in the organization.

[Headhunter 13]

What religious group are scouts?

[jkroner659]

They get funding from at least the catholics...

[Headhunter 13]

I have seen Jewish troops, other Christian sects etc. I was in a troop that just happened to be HQd at a a Catholic school but had no religious affliation with the church there. There were people of other beliefs in that troop as well. By best bud at the time was Lutheran and he belong to the same troop

BTW I agree with what Kuschewie did andf said but that is about descrimination and use of public funded facilities by a group claiming as private. Just like the faith based programs that are getting funded by this administration

[ksuchewie]

I forgot to add the best part..

My Marlin 336 .30-30 shoots quarter sized groups at 75 yards in winchester super X 170gr. I didn't bother to deal with 100 yard because of the drop off after 75 yards. Got a nice little bruise on my shoulder from the .30-30...I didn't remember it kicking at all.

[Sinatra877]

Boy Scouts of America is the democratic opposition group too the former Soviet Union's "Little Octoberists". They sure do work with a double standard though...Scouting always brought back good memories for me. I really enjoyed it then. Now with all the scandals and court battles regarding it's admittance policy, it just tarnishes their own reputability.

[Headhunter 13]

Actually it was founded in England well before the Russian Revolution

A Boy Scout is a boy, usually 11 to 17 years of age, participating in the worldwide Scouting movement. This movement began in 1907, when Lt. General Robert Baden-Powell held the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, South England. To advance his ideas, Baden-Powell wrote the book, Scouting for Boys, which targeted boy readership, and described the Scout method of using outdoor activities to develop character, citizenship, and personal fitness qualities among youth.

[Sinatra877]

Actually it was founded in England well before the Russian Revolution.

Over the era of the first Cold War, it evolved into something else. It's just not as wholesome as it used too be.

[Headhunter 13]

Seems to me the more religion gets into our politics and lives the less wholesome we beome as a country. I am all for a spritual relationship with a higher power if that helps one get through life but when it comes to religions I have found none that live up to their advertising. Although Aztec Human Sacrifice came close

[Sinatra877]

Seems to me the more religion gets into our politics and lives the less wholesome we beome as a country. I am all for a spritual relationship with a higher power if that helps one get through life but when it comes to religions I have found none that live up to their advertising. Although Aztec Human Sacrifice came close

Yep. It just may one day come back to that. However we neglected to mention the Holy Roman Empire and the first and second crusades...the Hapsburg line or should I say Dynasty the Papal ordination of Kings and Queens, and the infamous Spanish Inquisition and the restrictions that religion put upon the normal evolution of scientific thought and development. I did delay us for about 500 years.

Of course Marxism Social Sciences 101 abdicated the total abolishment of all religion in a Marxist society. Not Communist, but Marxist. I've got a problem with that though. There would be no one to say "Goddamned...." at or have anyone to quickly pray too or thank after a high stress situation. I'd be lost and I'd be a fool if I'd said that I can live without a God. I'm profane but a little pious. I can live with that.

But as with all forms of Governments, some armed with the tidbits of something small will always have it's extremists that will tweak it too it's limits.

Look at Iraq. Does anyone know the difference between a Sunni, Kurd or Shia? I'm just polling here for an answer from our common brotherhood. I'd like to see what the average guy knows not what he thinks he knows, but what they do know. OK...just to be civil. If you can't answer it, you can stay quiet. You just can't write "Who Care's?" or anything like that.

"I'll have Muslim differences for $2000 Alex!"
-the music is playing...what's everyones' answer?

[Headhunter 13]

I am better on Marxism 101 and 102 but I'll take a shot at the Muslim question.

If I recall correctly it involves differences between Arab and Persian forms as well as following or not following in Mohammed's son (name escapes me). Also are the Kurd even part of the Muslim equation or a different tribal group altogether. It has been about 30 years since I read thye Koran or looked into the differences so please feel free to tell I am wrong and haven't got a clue.

As for Marxist abolution of God that is not a mandatory feature. Actually Marx postulated an Economic Evolutionary system more than a societal model. While ther are overlaps a dn like in any philosophical approach it is open to interpretation and who enforces it. if you look at the bastardized form of Stalinism, Sovietism and maoism the state replace God as the religion and if there a political based vs deity based religion

[jkroner659]

If you can't answer it, you can stay quiet. You just can't write "Who Care's?" or anything like that.

"I'll have Muslim differences for $2000 Alex!"
-the music is playing...what's everyones' answer?

:wgaf::beavisnbutthead::wgaf::happy:

[Dash Riprock]

Sunni = 10 points
Shia = 15 points
Kurd = 20 points

Am I close? :D

[Headhunter 13]

Sunni = 10 points
Shia = 15 points
Kurd = 20 points

Am I close? :D

Now that was funny

[Sinatra877]

Sunni = 10 points
Shia = 15 points
Kurd = 20 points

Am I close? :D

Dash, you're killing me Bud. That is funny though...

Monkey boy didn't write "who cares?" or "who gives a fuck?" He had signs. I should've thought about that...

Headhunter is close but it's...I'll give you a clue. Black colored turbans/head dresses signify the most fundamental conflict between Shia's and Sunni's. It can almost be as defining between a Protestant and a Roman Catholic. Kurds are like the Anglican Church of England.

[Dash Riprock]

So it's kind of like the Bloods and Crips with their red and blue colors?

Basically the same race of assholes killing each other over nothing more than difference of opinions?

[Toecutter1201]

From 500 ft they ALL look the same to me! they kinda resemble a target! http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o263/toecutter1201/emoticons/Sniper.gif

toecutters rule of thumb!

sunni, shia, kurd carrying a weapon = he's the enemy!

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o263/toecutter1201/muhamed.jpg

[Sinatra877]

Marines...it's kinda like having the brain damaged mean dog isn't it? You point towards the target and yell kill and off they go.

"Me like Toecutter response. Simple...easy to remember".

The difference is more political than religion but the Muslims have their own way of thinking about that. Everything is surrounded by the religion. Everything is motivated out of their religion but you have to dig deep into the Arab history to see it. It's like our own Western Civilization's histories regarding the fight between Catholics and Protestants. It's still ongoing but the fundmental differences are minute but it motivates them to kill for it.

C'mon Guys. With all these degrees and intelligent minds...sans Toecutter, someone has to be able to tell us why they fight against each other. Do a little research and you'll gain more insight about how this war is so important and you can impress your friends when you all gather around for that deep subject of Arab Sociology and their Political Science.
You can do it. I know you guys can. Even the Toecutter. I know his ass was nearly killed in '84 by Shia's. They were called Shiites then. That's when the PLO was very strong and Christian Phalangist's were accused of genocide against the Shia's. Amin Gemeyal was assassinated and the USS New Jersey was lobbing Cadillac sized shells into Jerusalem and Jesse Jackson went to recover a USN Aviator that got shot down and then captured by the PLO. Interesting days then. Wouldn't you agree Toecutter?

[Toecutter1201]

Marines...it's kinda like having the brain damaged mean dog isn't it? You point towards the target and yell kill and off they go.

"Me like Toecutter response. Simple...easy to remember".

The difference is more political than religion but the Muslims have their own way of thinking about that. Everything is surrounded by the religion. Everything is motivated out of their religion but you have to dig deep into the Arab history to see it. It's like our own Western Civilization's histories regarding the fight between Catholics and Protestants. It's still ongoing but the fundmental differences are minute but it motivates them to kill for it.

C'mon Guys. With all these degrees and intelligent minds...sans Toecutter, someone has to be able to tell us why they fight against each other. Do a little research and you'll gain more insight about how this war is so important and you can impress your friends when you all gather around for that deep subject of Arab Sociology and their Political Science.
You can do it. I know you guys can. Even the Toecutter. I know his ass was nearly killed in '84 by Shia's. They were called Shiites then. That's when the PLO was very strong and Christian Phalangist's were accused of genocide against the Shia's. Amin Gemeyal was assassinated and the USS New Jersey was lobbing Cadillac sized shells into Jerusalem and Jesse Jackson went to recover a USN Aviator that got shot down and then captured by the PLO. Interesting days then. Wouldn't you agree Toecutter?

yes i would agree, but i should not judge since i only have a perpetual hard-on for Lebanese muslims, namely hezbollah (fucking pricks) it would not be right for me to say i hate all muslims since i havent met any except shiites A.K.A. Hezbollah (fucking pricks) and have tried to converse with (while in country of course) sunni's. i personally chose to say "SHOW ME YOUR HANDS" from behind an M-16 or Mossy 500

and like a knuckledragging ape i let it consume me and turned my shear hatred towards ALL lebanese people! shit i even destroyed (by shotgun of course) all of my sammy hagar albums and cassette's when i found out he was lebanese! i am by no means a racist but i choose to label it as "selective singleing out" or choosing targets via black & white. whats that well known saying? If they run they are Muslims, if they stand still they are well disiplined muslims" either way the term BULLET MAGNET comes to mind!:crossbones:

[Sinatra877]

i even destroyed (by shotgun of course) all of my sammy hagar albums and cassette's when i found out he was lebanese! i am by no means a racist but i choose to label it as "selective singleing out" or choosing targets via black & white.

You know I'd never shit ya'. You're my favorite turd.

OK then...that means that you'll have to unwatch and destroy Keanu Reeves movies/albums and unhear everything that Casey Kasem has ever said as well. Any other notable Lebanese left in the entertainment industry? I'll shoot my old Sammy Hagar CD in honor of the Toecutter and our mutual friend.

OK, here's the answer;

On the deathbed of the Prophet Mohammed, as they say...did not indicate a successor to the throne of Islam. When he died, there was a massive civil war that engulfed them on who gets the chair.

His Bloodline, the Shia's or Shiite's, wished to have a blood descendant to have the throne which caused alot of infighting between siblings. Mohammed had like fifty sons or so. They are signified by the black turbans they wear on their heads. As of this moment, the ROE's state that we should refrain killing or injuring black turbaned Shia's because it may cause more grief. All the Iman/clerics with juice in Iran wears black turbans and has a profound say on Shia activity in the area. Remember Khomenei in '79?

The opposing sect, the Sunni's had a more democratic wish. They wanted to elect their own Iman's to the throne of Islam. This of course caused alot of infighting among everyone and their pet monkey too. Anyone with a little juice could jockey for power and religious power for them is, the foundation to everything else. Most Muslims want this system and they'll do anything to keep it that way, against the Shia's point of view. Of course, most Arab countries are Sunni's and Osama bin Laden is also a Sunni so it doesn't say much for them either.

Kurds are fundamentally much like the Shia's but they are even more liberal. They are like the Anglicans and Agnostics. They are considered the backwards cousin too Islamic teachings. It is just a small minority of about 20% in the country but they are more progressive and not as small minded. I feel for them. If we leave, they are gonna get wiped out and they are the best chance for success out there.

During the last mideast wargames, I had a Sunni Saudi Officer that was kind enough to spend an hour or so every night and we read the Koran. It wasn't to convert me in my mind, more to just understand the Arab mind. It was a great way to kill off time too. After reading it and understanding it and comparing it too my own religion, it has some differences but just like other religions; it remains that folks are deep down good inside and wishes good acts too occur between men.

Whether or not Men interpret that message as peaceful and act upon it violently is the difference between Religion and Fanaticism. To risk sounding like a Ms. America, I hope one day the world will find tolerance and peace. If not, I won't get to retire.

[Sinatra877]

i only have a perpetual hard-on for Lebanese muslims, namely hezbollah (fucking pricks)

Did you ever hear of that one of the Paratrooper and the Nazi during the Battle of the Bulge joke? It's more visual since you have to move your hands along with it. It can't be done easily in our joke forum but I'll try one day.

BTW: Here's an Army joke you can bash us with.

"What does ARMY mean on our nametapes?"

"Ain't Ready to be a Marine Yet"

I even had to provide the jokes for the Toe Man.