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Phlem

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19. What the fuck is it about hierarchy!?

Wed Jul 25, 2012, 12:33 AM

Jul 2012

Does it provide some fucking warm and fuzzy feelings that you can do something that other people can't, really!!??

Let's see my mom married my stepfather who was retired Airforce and served during the Philippine Japanese war when I was 2 or 3 maybe 4. My first memory of him was him hitting me in the face, he bought a pair of boxing gloves for a 4 yr old and thought he'd put them on and show me how to box. Then this dry drunk, fucking jersey shore ass, mountain monkey, abused me verbally, emotionally, and physically for the next 15 years. At 16 I put him down when he had his fucking hands around my throat, and I've got the PTSD to prove it.

What special place in this fucked up hierarchy do I fit in? The enemy!?

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My father is an ex-marine, and lifetime hunter, and he's come to the conclusion that guns [View all] shcrane71 Jul 2012 OP

There are no 'ex-marines'.. pipoman Jul 2012 #1

Former marine... shcrane71 Jul 2012 #2

Might want to edit the OP so they won't be offended. You're lucky to have your dad. freshwest Jul 2012 #3

Bullshit. Many former Marines refer to themselves as ex-Marines. Ask your father. Don't be AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #6

Thanks. shcrane71 Jul 2012 #20

My father is an "ex-Marine". Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #4

Good for you and your dad. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #8

So was mine! PassingFair Jul 2012 #13

Then your father, of course, was in an unique group of Marines. To gain the top security clearance AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #14

Yes, I meant USS...but nope, PassingFair Jul 2012 #18

Mine did something similar. shcrane71 Jul 2012 #21

Love your Dad! PassingFair Jul 2012 #24

When you make a statement like that, you should provide some kind of rhett o rick Jul 2012 #28

Du rec. Nt xchrom Jul 2012 #5

K&R. Chorophyll Jul 2012 #7

OOh Rah to your Dad!! mymomwasright Jul 2012 #9

Not to be disrespectful to your dad... Blanks Jul 2012 #10

Hutus committed genocide on the Tutsies using machetes. lonestarnot Jul 2012 #15

Yes, they did. Blanks Jul 2012 #23

That's not exactly accurate... ellisonz Jul 2012 #33

I did not deny the use of weaponry in addition to the machete. How many were hacked to death of the lonestarnot Jul 2012 #40

No one knows... ellisonz Jul 2012 #41

That question was the point. lonestarnot Jul 2012 #42

The two are interwined. ellisonz Jul 2012 #43

In that people will kill people, people are creeps. People kill people with rocks. lonestarnot Jul 2012 #44

FYI mymomwasright Jul 2012 #11

Bullshit. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #16

What the fuck is it about hierarchy!? Phlem Jul 2012 #19

My father was a drill instructor who called himself an "ex-marine". PassingFair Jul 2012 #25

lol... so true. Agree about the "engraining". nt shcrane71 Jul 2012 #31

I don't think most would disagree with you... progress2k12nbynd Jul 2012 #12

Blackwater went door-to-door in Louisiana confiscating guns. shcrane71 Jul 2012 #32

can I ask how old he is? snooper2 Jul 2012 #17

66 shcrane71 Jul 2012 #22

K&R for sure. You are a lucky person to be able to call him dad. n/t 2on2u Jul 2012 #26

I think so. Welcome to DU! shcrane71 Jul 2012 #27

Netflix has (I just watched it) A Matter of Loaf and Death.... what a job that fellow does 2on2u Jul 2012 #30

I'm putting that in my Netflix queue. Thanks! shcrane71 Jul 2012 #37

Kudos to your dad. I hope he is now an ex-hunter. n/t RebelOne Jul 2012 #29

Perhaps he hunts with a bow, now. n/t hughee99 Jul 2012 #35

Has he come to the conclusion that they should be banned? hughee99 Jul 2012 #34

I'm proud of your dad as well. Alduin Jul 2012 #36

Welcome to DU! shcrane71 Jul 2012 #38

Thank you. Alduin Jul 2012 #39

Locking REP Jul 2012 #45