tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post8495289457098897156..comments2024-03-27T18:34:28.763+00:00Comments on call me ishmael: POST TRAUMATIC SHAME DISORDERcall me ishmaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-41022597542365122912013-10-11T11:26:18.497+01:002013-10-11T11:26:18.497+01:00That's right, mr caratacus, but they think we&...That's right, mr caratacus, but they think we're stupid, too. And on top of that, these days, there's no way for would-be not to know about the sausage and beans spillages.call me ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-41111902100129648712013-10-11T10:26:29.179+01:002013-10-11T10:26:29.179+01:00I remember years ago when I toddled along to the A...I remember years ago when I toddled along to the Army recruitment office being v. impressed with the pictures of young men wind-surfing in Cyprus and having drinkies with respectable gels in Hong Kong. The ageing major sat behind the desk asked about GCEs with no real interest but perked up considerably when I told him that I'd been in the school 1st XV rugby team and was a decent middle order batsman.<br /><br />In no time at all I was quickly disabused of all that old bollocks - this was 1971 after all. Point is, the same stuff is fed to impressionable young teenagers today, albeit with a little more sophistication. What they are most definitely not told about is the blood, snot and sausage + beans that used to be someones guts spread all over the place. They are never told the truth about why they are out there, just given some bollocks about defending the folks at home, or bestowing democracy on the unenlightened peasants. And they are stupid. Like George Carlin observed, Look at how stupid the average man is - 50% of men are stupider than that ...Caratacushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03676339602955090535noreply@blogger.com