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Must have been nervous, laughing in the graveyard kinda mirth, not the funny Boy I wish I could have seen the look on his face! laughter.


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Some folks need killin�. Would never go as far to say I enjoy it but don�t reckon it bothers me much neither.

Almost without exception, the lasting impression of survivors of combat at sea, land and air from Canada and the British Commonwealth, United States, Soviet Union, Germany, France and Italy I've talked to is "the waste, the waste."

Best writing on this comes from the American writer, soldier, educator Paul Fussell, whom I interviewed several times, and whom Wikipedia refers as exposing the gap between myth and reality of war, "refusing to disguise or elevate it."

Guess we have to give props to the Gurkhas for not wasting the opportunity for a good laugh over a double beheading.


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You�re not wrong, you�re just an arsehole. The Dude

One more try, King? What are "Sunday School mores", IYO?

SRH

someone once said that war is man's ultimate stupidity...

who said dat?

I went to a liberal university in Macon, Ga back in the '60's, which oddly enough was supported by the Georgia Baptist Convention. "Sunday School Religion" was one of their favorite put-downs...Geo

It is exceedingly difficult for liberals to not cast aspersions at the Holy Scriptures, those who try to live a Godly life, and the name of Jesus, the Christ. It is to be expected, and will be so until the end of the age. That said, it is also the duty of believers to call attention to it when it happens, IMO.

I'm just trying to determine whether that's what Kingsley is doing here, or if there is another meaning I do not see. I need to hear it from the horse's mouth.

SRH

You asked "exactly" what I meant by the term, Stan. I showed the difference of bearing and manners of the Gurkhas from ours, what one usually does to expand on an original tell.

The Sunday School mores where I grew up---customs essential for our church---were how to serve God by being good according to the Gospels (although I don't remember adultery as part of it).

Coming to Geo's point, it was confusing for everyone because of fierce warring between reform and hardshell Baptists, and the parson's wife, a kleptomaniac, stealing from neighbour's clotheslines.

I survived by leaving Sunday School around 12, by then knowing about adultery and the Ten Commandments as a great guide, even with little slips about adultery before marriage.

It didn't seem as bad as the southern Christian college president who told me, on camera, blacks must obey their masters, citing St. Paul's letter to Esphesians. We never heard that in our Sunday School.

Your answer(s) are confusing, King. You do not write in a way that is easy for me to understand. If that is an admission of a lack of discernment, take a picture of me. My question was totally disregarding Gurkhas and their values, and was completely meant to attempt to understand your thoughts. Not sure I do yet, but I'll let this dog lie.

Thanks for a reply, even if it is hard for me to understand.

SRH

Thanks, Stan.I was trying to explain how those hardened infantrymen of another religion seemed to embody the innocence and qualities I admired from what I was taught to be a Christian in Sunday School. My spiritual life is to follow and strengthen Jesus's injunction to love.