Joanna
Charles Brown wrote:
>I just saw a bumpersticker:
> "If you can read, thank a teacher.
>If you can read English , thank a Marine."
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>Here's a fun question. If it weren't for the Marines, what language would
>you be reading ?
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>Charles
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>> From what C's saying, this 'rape culture' and demeaning of women is
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>>from the top-down and whatever comes from recruits is simply allowed to
>>exist and flourish. A lot of it's a constant barrage of information
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>warfare
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>>aimed at these kids, to get them to distrust any ties they might have back
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>>home. Hence, the constant talk of how their girlfriends, back home, are
>>fucking around on them. The intention is to break them of their
>>individuality, make them suspicious of any other form of solidarity that
>>might compete with the Marines, softening them up to be committed to the
>>unit.
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>>I.e., in boot camp, you don't refer to yourself as "I". You speak about
>>yourself in the 3rd person and you are repeatedly punished until you break
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>>yourself of any habit of referring to yourself as *I*. If you're vomiting
>>from heat exhaustion on Parris Island and a drill sergeant ask you what
>>your major malfunction is, you aren't even allowed the dignity of screwing
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>>up and saying "I'm sick" and getting help. YOu have to say it in the third
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>>person and you can keep puking 'til you get it right.
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