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I don't get it.<br>
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Joanna<br>
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Charles Brown wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">I just saw a bumpersticker:
"If you can read, thank a teacher.
If you can read English , thank a Marine."
Here's a fun question. If it weren't for the Marines, what language would
you be reading ?
Charles
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<pre wrap=""> From what C's saying, this 'rape culture' and demeaning of women is
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<pre wrap="">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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<pre wrap="">aimed at these kids, to get them to distrust any ties they might have back
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<pre wrap="">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.
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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<pre wrap="">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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<pre wrap="">up and saying "I'm sick" and getting help. YOu have to say it in the third
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<pre wrap="">person and you can keep puking 'til you get it right.
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