Slog - Comments on Marine Corps Disciplines Puppy Throwing Soldiers

Comment by Mike

Mike — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:01:26 -0800

Don't these guys know that they're just supposed to be killing humans? Poor training, I guess.

Comment by SeMe

SeMe — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:02:48 -0800

great, another future serial killer moving back to washington.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:04:48 -0800

I heard he's going to serve the rest of his enlistment period in GITMO committing war crimes, actually ...

Comment by flamingbanjo

flamingbanjo — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:06:57 -0800

Another on the long list of "stories that people would consider 'over the top' if you included them in a work of fiction."

Because fiction has to be believable.

Comment by Semper Fi

Semper Fi — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:11:07 -0800

A fucking puppy? Shit, we eat puppies for breakfast. Come back after lunch and we'll have some real fun.

Comment by People Suck

People Suck — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:11:59 -0800

Where's Bellevue Ave? Shouldn't he be pouncing on here to defend his precious Marines?

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:17:33 -0800

They did something wrong and they received punishment. You must have missed my point that the many of the reactions to the incident were over the top and that this doesnt make the war in iraq perceivably worse than it already is.

Comment by stinkbug

stinkbug — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:28:16 -0800

So is the Marine Corps confirming that the video is real then? The articles don't really say, do they? I know when the video initially came to light people were arguing about it frame-by-frame.

Comment by Judah

Judah — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:30:38 -0800

People are so weird.

Have you ever seen footage of what happens to pigs in a factory pig farm? Pigs are at least as smart and social as dogs.

Meanwhile we're prosecuting soldiers -- people actually employed by our government to kill people -- for killing dogs in a wanton and inhumane fashion.

I can't help wondering what Stanley Milgram would make of all this.

Comment by flamingbanjo

flamingbanjo — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:33:47 -0800

Judah: I think the point here is that this looks like purely recreational cruelty/killing. And plus, puppies!

In all fairness, the puppies were approaching a clearly marked checkpoint at a suspiciously rapid rate of speed when they were initially apprehended...

Comment by You're right, people DO suck

You're right, people DO suck — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:34:44 -0800

@6: nice attempt at provoking BA into some kind of response that makes him out to be an ass so you can show up with your regular moniker and tell him how heartless he is.

Comment by keshmeshi

keshmeshi — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:47:40 -0800

@11,

You are a moron. I don't use sock puppetry, but if you want to believe that I'm the only person who doesn't like that asshole, go ahead.

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:50:47 -0800

lmao, why did you think he was talking about you kesh? guilty conscience?

Comment by max solomon

max solomon — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:52:36 -0800

war desensitizes. end of story.

we're going to have so much fun when these kids get back & out into society. homeless vets will acquire a new, scary as fuck edge.

Comment by one of many Gregs

one of many Gregs — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:54:25 -0800

@12: I wasn't directing that toward anyone specific, but you obviously took the comment personally. Get over yourself you worthless bitch.

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:54:38 -0800

kesh, how do you know he was talking about you? guilty much?

Comment by People Suck Squared Plus Plus to the Moon

People Suck Squared Plus Plus to the Moon — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:58:24 -0800

@11 B.A. jumped my shit something harsh several months ago. It wasn't even over THIS particular marine/dog incident (yes, there are more than one - aren't PEOPLE cool?). He couldn't even stick to the topic at hand, he had it make it out to be some Iraq war shit insinuating that anyone disgusted by animal abuse was pro-war. Rrrrright.

@7 Aren't you moving away soon?

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:06:34 -0800

@17, pay me to leave.

Comment by treacle

treacle — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:07:12 -0800

clearly it's Hyperking George w. Bush's fault for sending them all into an immoral and insane situation where the only logical result is hurling innocent puppies into ravines... *snif* *boohoo* *bhoo-hoo-whoo*

Comment by Siobahn

Siobahn — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:23:39 -0800

You'll know he's left @17 when the odor of raw sewage has cleared.

Comment by keshmeshi

keshmeshi — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:24:50 -0800

@15,

Liar.

@13,

Moron.

Comment by NapoleonXIV

NapoleonXIV — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:44:45 -0800

It's an easier way to get out the military than shooting yourself in the foot.

Comment by Vince

Vince — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:55:47 -0800

What a harsh world. What a harsh SLOG.

Comment by ellarosa

ellarosa — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:24:47 -0800

wars.

Comment by butterw

butterw — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:32:30 -0800

I can see why they're looking for a few good men.

Comment by SeMe

SeMe — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:04:46 -0800

not to change the subject, or brag or whatever, but ive seen plenty of combat, done some things im not proud of, but i never got the urge to kill a puppy.

people who kill small, defenseless animals for the hell of it-not for eating, or because their life is in danger- but for the simple pleasure of laughing with their buds or seeing them suffer have either gone bezerk, are going to go bezerk, have the potential of going bezerk or are potential serial killers.

Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale

Lloyd Clydesdale — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:13:26 -0800

Well said, SeMe.

Comment by Mark in Colorado

Mark in Colorado — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:48:01 -0800

The pieces of living shit that did this are not marines. Tragic that there are good marines who have died in Iraq and yet these two impostors would live on to do something as cowardly and pussy as this. I've read that the family of one of the living pieces of shit there in good ole Washington have been getting death threats. Boo--fucking-hoo! Its parents should be jailed for inflicting this slime on humanity.

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:00:30 -0800

yeah mark, killing a puppy warrants the death penalty for the parents...

Is that the kind of country you want to live in Mark? Seriously?

Comment by RSPA

RSPA — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:24:48 -0800

A kitten would have been funnier. You know they train Navy Corpsmen to medic field wounds by shooting pigs and sending the Corpsmen out to save them don't you?