Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Oct 13, 2006, at 5:07 PM, Walt Johnson wrote: > You must realize more innocents are killed by draft dodgers and ex- > navy rejects than by former Marines. In all fairness, on active duty guys should be included in any formulation on innocents harmed. > We just have a bad reputation because we know about yardage, > windage, etc. Whitman, btw, had a medical problem so he has to be > excused. "There was a rumor, about a tumor, nestled at the base of his brain..." --Kinky ric > Hells bells, the NYPD shoot more unarmed black youths in a year > than all the ex military combined. > > Jeffery Smith wrote: > >> He also brought up Charles Whitman, the UT sniper who killed a >> bunch of people in the 60's (also an ex-marine). >> -- >> Jeffery >> >> ---- Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> wrote: >>> On Oct 13, 2006, at 3:23 PM, Walt wrote: >>> >>> >>>>> Yes, I was in the Marines when that happened. If Jesus showed >>>>> up at my >>>>> font door and said "Walt, trust me, Oswald did it alone" I'd >>>>> have to >>>>> call him a liar. >>>>> >>> What was that line from "Full Metal Jacket"? I paraphrase here >>> because my memory is a bit fuzzy but I recall the marine rifle >>> instructor informing his trainees that: >>> >>> "Lee Harvey Oswald got off two shots in a second and a half and >>> hit President Kennedy at a distance of two hundred yards. AND HE >>> WAS A MARINE!" >>> >>> Larry Z >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information