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Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:50 pm to finestfirst79
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Well, it's not "sort of" like VMI or The Citadel. It is exactly like VMI or The Citadel in 2015.
Except, when you go to VMI or the Citadel in 2015, you're pretty much know what you're going to be doing there ahead of time. At TAMU, you might want to go study to be an engineer or a farmer or (as I kid with Auburn fans) learn how to stick your hand into a cow's vulva, and see the corps and decide it might be something you want to try.
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How is it being optional a slight against those who choose to join? Honestly, I don't get this.
Don't assume bad faith, FF. I'm not slighting TAMU at all. I'm simply citing my knowledge of the history of y'all's school and how it's changed with the times.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:50 pm to DWag215
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No one is confused on this point. Yet you keep reasserting like a mindless dolt.
I am waiting for you to explain how the cadets are not playing army.
Either they are in the army or not. The cadets, ROTC, or the service academies are not the army, they are not requirements to be in the army, nor do they provide experiences or education not found in the army. They are playing army.
How benificial this role playing may be is moot. How decorated former role players will or did become at some future date is moot.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:51 pm to DWag215
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So you're not going to answer the question.
I thought I had. Maybe you could phrase the question a bit more precisely so I know what the frick you're even talking about, because at this point I'm not sure how what I'm saying isn't satisfying you.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:51 pm to p_bubel
If ya thought this incident was bad, hell, there was a corps member murdered in a 1926 Waco riot.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:52 pm to finestfirst79
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Well, it's not "sort of" like VMI or The Citadel. It is exactly like VMI or The Citadel in 2015. How is it being optional a slight against those who choose to join? Honestly, I don't get this.
It isn't. Nobody said it was. The moment one stops pretending to be in the army and actually IS in the army is identical for everyone.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:52 pm to DWag215
Ok, so now you're being obtuse with an eye toward martyrdom?
You're on the losing end of tRant GOLD btw, so martyrdom may be less than you expect.
You're on the losing end of tRant GOLD btw, so martyrdom may be less than you expect.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:53 pm to p_bubel
Lol, and the cadets weren't playing army when they got halfway to Waco afterwards with a freight car full of artillery.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:53 pm to GumpDyke
I just want to say I'm thoroughly entertained.
Continue.
Continue.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:55 pm to EODag
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You sound like one of those butthurt former enlisted guys who had a shitty officer or two.
Arent you special. You might try to let go of all that and grow up a little.
I had far more than a few shitty officers. TAMU grads are above average in this regard.
Perhaps TAMU plays army better than most. Iduno.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:56 pm to p_bubel
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Even if informed I wouldn't be the least surprised if SMU just decided to do it anyway.
That's because you're a smart feller. Very same thing happened my sophomore year ('76) when our company seniors happened to be OD's, against SMU. Our C.O. calmly walked out on to the field, explained to the SMU guys that they shouldn't be there, and they left the field. No swords drawn, no push the play-army guy over your SMU buddy, none of that. Admittedly he was a much more imposing figure than the nimrod from the video. I've no doubt SMU cheerleaders knew exactly what they were doing in the same way that the Rice M.O.B. knew what they were doing when they'd incite a riot. SWC was fun.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:57 pm to EODag
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Lol, and the cadets weren't playing army when they got halfway to Waco afterwards with a freight car full of artillery.
That's probably true. And further proves my point.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:57 pm to EODag
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the cadets weren't playing army when they got halfway to Waco afterwards with a freight car full of artillery.
A bunch of college kids running amuck with live heavy caliburs...to me, that is the VERY definition of playing army.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:58 pm to MrCarton
And...there you go, that is the point.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:59 pm to MrCarton
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I am waiting for you to explain how the cadets are not playing army.
And I'm waiting for you to explain your impulse to use a verb with a negative connotation to describe the purpose of the corps.
Why is "playing" military more appropriate than "training" for the military? Your answer will reveal the source of your butthurt, which I think we're all curious to know.
This post was edited on 10/19/15 at 12:04 am
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:59 pm to 19
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A bunch of college kids running amuck with live heavy caliburs...to me, that is the VERY definition of playing army.
Lol. You are destroying the whole thread. Secretly everone is just playing army.
This post was edited on 10/18/15 at 11:59 pm
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:59 pm to cyde
I don't think anybody decides AFTER enrolling at A&M to enter the Corps. There may be a few, but I guarantee it is only a few. And I'm not sure why that should matter anyway.
Posted on 10/19/15 at 12:02 am to cyde
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I thought I had. Maybe you could phrase the question more precisely
If your answer to why the corps exists really is "tradition," then by all means, stand by your response.
I was simply giving you the benefit of the doubt that you weren't a hopeless moron.
This post was edited on 10/19/15 at 12:06 am
Posted on 10/19/15 at 12:03 am to MrCarton
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Secretly everone is just playing army.
Well, I want my got-danged boots!!!
Posted on 10/19/15 at 12:06 am to finestfirst79
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I don't think anybody decides AFTER enrolling at A&M to enter the Corps. There may be a few, but I guarantee it is only a few. And I'm not sure why that should matter anyway.
I mean, he might while he's checking out the engineering or farming or cow vulva courses.
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