How do you know?

Any long term devotee of war movies can have a vocabulary that includes 'got you six', 'stay frosty' or 'white on rice'. I'm not impressed.

The world is full of Walter Mittys. A freight handler I knew, referred to his job as Logisics Coordinator. You get used to people's bulls.h.i.t after a while.

Mr Hammer wrote on Apr 10^th, 2018 at 8:33am:


You never tire of the current Amerikan president, son.

Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?

I can't believe this has gone on for 26 pages.  Perhaps someone is using it as a case study for Psych 101.

Auggie wrote on Apr 8^th, 2018 at 7:30pm:


Gordon's a member of that fortunate generation that didn't have to put up with post-war rebuilding, or post-colonial independence, or the Cold War, or in our case - like many other countries - conscription.

If Gordon's parents had settled in Israel like many of his relatives, he'd have to deal with all of that, but gordon's parents were smart. They delivered baby Gordon, as if in a basket, to Jehovah Heights.

Since then, Gordon has lived a privileged life with no problems. Private schools, holidays, money, an easy life. Gordon never had to bother with a career in plane refuelling, like some of the other members here. No, Gordon's had what we British call a good innings. He will never know the struggle of those he takes so much joy in pissing off.

Like Nicole (RIP) and Andrei Hicks, Gordon is a member of that jet setting class we used to know as cosmopolitans. They hate boats, love planes, and they base their very identities on their superiority to those despicable poor and tinted races who travel in steerage.

We had cnts like this in Nam. Most had their eyes opened. But pricks like Gordon, Nicole, Andrei and silly old Big Hole never bothered to open their eyes. Instead, they chose to live their lives n an inane, chest-thumping stupor. Reading them is like watching someone have an epileptic fit. Lots of frothing and fitting, no awareness.

I don't mind their hysterics. On an artistic level, I love it - so creative, so much energy and fervour. I disagree with lawyers like Aussie that they should be shut down.

I think they should meet the despised lower classes and "rubbish people" they claim to be so superior to. Hang out with us for a bit. Have a halal snack pack. Look in my shed. Have a curry.

Nam changed my consciousness. It changed most of my generation, even those who were never forced into fatigues. Revolution won't shift them. The only thing that works is getting them to listen.

And they only way you can do that is to never shut up.