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Charlemagne

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6. Other things done by kids....

Sun Jan 15, 2012, 04:25 PM

Jan 2012

You know, just mistakes. Not that big of a deal. Just young kids goofin off

Just kids stuff, no harm no foul. Unless, that is, you are on the receiving end of the hijinks.

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Perry: Urinating Marines are �Just Kids� [View all] DeathToTheOil Jan 2012 OP

Bad as the act is committed by the four marines, it pales to insignificance compared with killing jody Jan 2012 #1

That the Atrocity!!! Their dinks shouldn't be there. orpupilofnature57 Jan 2012 #3

killing people is OK Skittles Jan 2012 #45

And the innocent people killed by Iraqis and Afghans and Taliban, right? Honeycombe8 Jan 2012 #49

he called on a mannequin. I'm not surprised by this. real soldiers will be pissed. roguevalley Jan 2012 #54

by definition, 18 and 19 year olds are NOT "kids" niyad Jan 2012 #2

They have till forties, before they get named other than youthful indiscretions. WingDinger Jan 2012 #4

longer than that, if you're a Republican ... zbdent Jan 2012 #22

two flaws to this logic Nova. Jan 2012 #5

Other things done by kids.... Charlemagne Jan 2012 #6

Why do you think "kids" are the ones sent out to die and kill in war? TheMadMonk Jan 2012 #32

Exactly... GTurck Jan 2012 #55

I saw that interview riverwalker Jan 2012 #7

And I take it the media let him get away with it. zeemike Jan 2012 #10

Get away with what? He is not their CIC. Thaddeus Kosciuszko Jan 2012 #29

With equating Patton peeing in the Rhine zeemike Jan 2012 #37

Good journalist...? What's that? Thaddeus Kosciuszko Jan 2012 #44

yeah i was pretty incensed over that myself barbtries Jan 2012 #64

So are some of the taliban fucks beheading Americans tabasco Jan 2012 #8

War is insane dhpgetsit Jan 2012 #9

then let's go dig your meemaw up SemperEadem Jan 2012 #11

"One would think that the Marines would be better than this." Thaddeus Kosciuszko Jan 2012 #27

Therein lies the problem loyalsister Jan 2012 #12

Why did he choose this as a topic? What an IDIOT. truthisfreedom Jan 2012 #13

For sure. Kind of puts his judgment on the same level as theirs. JohnnyLib2 Jan 2012 #15

"When you're 18 or 19, you do dumb things" thelordofhell Jan 2012 #14

Yeah that was me at 18 - pissing on any corpse I could find... Taverner Jan 2012 #16

THEN WHY SEND THEM THERE, MR. PERRY? LadyHawkAZ Jan 2012 #17

Ya know, every time that man opens his idiotic mouth I wonder tawadi Jan 2012 #18

Then Newt Gingrich opens his mouth and you get the answer!!! tonybgood Jan 2012 #57

Republican paternalism in a nutshell. "All you do is kill people for a living.You don't have to know patrice Jan 2012 #19

So, I guess it'd be fine with Mr. Perry if the bodies of our military dead were whizzed on, eh? AzDar Jan 2012 #20

Thats where the national guard messed up at Kent State Charlemagne Jan 2012 #23

If Governor Perry means these guys need a stern talking-to, then I'll agree Jack Rabbit Jan 2012 #21

The sole moral justification to war is amongst peers who freely commit their OWN blood to that which patrice Jan 2012 #24

"just kids being kids" ... funny thing is ... zbdent Jan 2012 #25

Yep nineteen50 Jan 2012 #26

That explains why we sent them off to die. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #28

Just like the kids doing these hijinks! japple Jan 2012 #30

It isn't peeing on corpses that makes them stupid kids.... Moonwalk Jan 2012 #31

Reminds me of Nixon. He recorded everything. oldbanjo Jan 2012 #36

That was amazing, considering what happened after Abu Ghraib. You'd think they'd have learned ... Honeycombe8 Jan 2012 #50

Three men sentenced to death as juveniles were executed in Texas under Perry. Sen. Walter Sobchak Jan 2012 #33

right, perry shanti Jan 2012 #34

Is pissing on a dead person different somehow from pissing on their grave? Wistful Vista Jan 2012 #35

Pissing on a dead person infers the body was never even a human being tawadi Jan 2012 #38

"... decent people, even some Democrats?" xfundy Jan 2012 #43

My bad, I should have said "including some Democrats" Wistful Vista Jan 2012 #66

The difference, I believe is the metaphorical versus the literal. LanternWaste Jan 2012 #63

Nice...that sort of distinction will get you carte blanche for a zillion "just kidding" Wistful Vista Jan 2012 #69

Doesn't Texas execute 18 and 19 year olds regularly? n/t krispos42 Jan 2012 #39

Not nearly as many as the U.S. military does (indirectly) Wistful Vista Jan 2012 #70

Kids in the military. GeorgeGist Jan 2012 #40

Just kids! AlbertCat Jan 2012 #41

Disrespectful Rosa Luxemburg Jan 2012 #42

Remember when the dead bodies of Army Rangers were dragged naked in the streets of MMJjestic Jan 2012 #46

There was a similar Iraq episode. Igel Jan 2012 #47

So he agrees with Bill Maher Islandlife Jan 2012 #48

It was also a leadership failure. BrightKnight Jan 2012 #51

So why are we sending "kids" to war? progressoid Jan 2012 #52

Super Mega SICK! SoapBox Jan 2012 #53

And he'd have said the same if it was the Taliban pissing on Marine corpses? Ken Burch Jan 2012 #56

So were the Menendez brothers. nt Snake Alchemist Jan 2012 #58

Child labor? Mendocino Jan 2012 #59

Begs the question' greiner3 Jan 2012 #60

perry is so desperate he'll say anything that might remotely have a chance of causing arely staircase Jan 2012 #61

That's right, excuse war crimes, you asshole Perry. Zoeisright Jan 2012 #62

Perry is a sick bastard center rising Jan 2012 #65

Only kids!?!?!? So are most gang members infesting the ranks of the Crips and Bloods in LA Guy Montag Jan 2012 #67

Here's a simple "Texas style" question for the Governor... brooklynite Jan 2012 #68

yeah well Jeneral2885 Jan 2012 #71

No, Rick, Churchill peed in the Rhine Taverner Jan 2012 #72