BREAKING: US MARINE THROWS PUPPY OFF A CLIFF

[Pope Pope XXIII]

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That sucks! Rats are awesome!

[Random Probability]

the damn landlord here wont let me have a few pet rats... yet half the people here have cats

That sucks! Rats are awesome!

But they aren't as tasty as dog. 

[Suu]

This thread makes me hate humanity moar and moar everyday.

[Payne]

I haven't read this thread, or even sen the video.

But here is an old WOMP, from my early days.

[P3nT4gR4m]

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That sucks! Rats are awesome!

Attn Noob made a tag fuckup in aisle 3! Admin to aisle 3 pls - we have a mess to clean up 

[Cramulus]

yes, we will tease you for every mistake you make, P23.


just kidding....?




that dangling question mark, above, should be read like the THE END....? at the end of B-Horror movies.

[Richter]

Man Skydives with Lolcat.

http://gizmodo.com/368026/cat-jumps-off-a-plane-lands-on-its-legs

I ahve nothing to say.

[AFK]

 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Infantry squads are extremely tight-knit organizations.  It is practically impossible to so much as fart without at least three other guys knowing about it.  In this case, the other Marines in the video are, without a doubt, the rest of his fireteam.  Squads don't maneuver very far from their platoons, and that dog made a helluva racket doing its Screaming Eagle impersonation, so it is difficult to imagine that more Marines were not aware of the incident.  So either everyone in his fireteam knew and didn't care, or everyone in his squad knew and didn't care, or (more than likely) everyone in his platoon knew and didn't care.  This points towards an official position in favor of killing stray dogs.

Wait... in what way are "his squad and others in his immediate proximity" his "entire chain of command"?

While I doubt Marines are performing dedicated anti-dog operations (that even sounds lulzy), I had heard that in some areas stray animals were a problem. I can definitely see the utility of reducing potential disease vectors.  In fact, I believe most cities in the US have a dedicated bunch of folks who routinely round up strays and poison them.  Iraq seems to be a bit deficient in that area.  As for the danger, there have been cases of personnel being exposed to rabies, and the gov't has taken a rather anti-dog stance.  Remember, these are the same people who mandated Anthrax vaccines even though biological warfare wasn't a credible threat.  They do tend to be a bit pro-active when it comes to diseases.

Right... I can Google too... and that doesn't affect or change what I said, at all. If an animal is a threat or impedes a soldier's ability to carry out orders, it's one thing, but they aren't out on puppy-hunting missions so using the "dogs are potential disease vectors" argument doesn't hold water.

And no, wherever you heard that most cities in the US have a dedicated bunch of folks who routinely round up strays and poison them, it's misleading at best. We have Animal Control here, which does indeed pick up stray dogs, cats, bunnies, hamsters, and any other loose pets, holds them in the hope that the owners will claim them, puts them up for adoption to the public, and all too often, sadly, has to put them to sleep because there just isn't room to house all the neglected/lost pets. Most of these animals have been vaccinated and are docile, tame pets who had irresponsible owners.

[Mangrove]

Sidepoint:

If in the event that I am ever confronted by a puppy suspected of rabies. I'm not picking it up.

That is, not only am I not picking it up to throw it off a cliff, I am not picking it up at all.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Sidepoint:

If in the event that I am ever confronted by a puppy suspected of rabies. I'm not picking it up.

That is, not only am I not picking it up to throw it off a cliff, I am not picking it up at all.

Yeah, the whole "picking it up" part kind of negates the "it might have been rabid!" argument.

[Random Probability]

Sidepoint:

If in the event that I am ever confronted by a puppy suspected of rabies. I'm not picking it up.

That is, not only am I not picking it up to throw it off a cliff, I am not picking it up at all.

Yeah, the whole "picking it up" part kind of negates the "it might have been rabid!" argument.

But it's a cute li'l fluffy PUPPAY!!!

Poor little guy....


RP, knows that dog is the other other white meat.

[Random Probability]

Wait...

Didn't this thread finally die?

/RP stabs thread and runs away

[saint aini]

no, and neither did the puppy, which is now a zombie werecreature out to get the schmuck.

[Random Probability]

no, and neither did the puppy, which is now a zombie werecreature out to get the schmuck.

Sweet merciful fuck, that would be an awesome movie!

Call Hollywood! Get Spielberg!  We gots his next blockbuster!