Comments for "Digg - US Military threatens to kill pet of StopLoss Soldier" Talk at VideoSift.com

By Ryjkyj

Ryjkyj (http://catsanddogs.videosift.com/member/Ryjkyj) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:24:16 -0700

*quality

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:24:16 -0700

Awarding NordlichReiter with one star point for this contribution to Sift Talk - declared quality by Ryjkyj.

By MarineGunrock

MarineGunrock (http://catsanddogs.videosift.com/member/MarineGunrock) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:27:13 -0700

As sad as it is, Iraq is not the cleanest place on Earth. When I was there, it was not uncommon for animals to be shot on sight. Marines were not allowed to have animals because they may be carrying any number of infectious disease. And with so many troops living right next to each other those diseases would spread like wildfire.

P.S. Shooting a dog in the head is not "Brutally murdering." Beating them to death with the butt stock of the rifle would be brutal. Not that just randomly shooting a dog isn't brutal, but if you have to kill a dog in Iraq, a shot to the head is the most humane way of doing so.

By rougy

rougy (http://catsanddogs.videosift.com/member/rougy) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:02:20 -0700

MGR, do you remember at what point in time you lost your humanity?

By NordlichReiter

NordlichReiter (http://catsanddogs.videosift.com/member/NordlichReiter) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:16:55 -0700

There are scientists who are researching the myth of a head shot being a humane killing.

In order to achieve a kill that is "humane" a certain part of the brain has to be hit. A shot between the eyes does not achieve an instant kill.

If you have ever shot any one in the head you know that this instant kill bullshit is a lie, because they twitch as the brain fires off its last bursts of energy the brain is effectively still trying to save the body. (Unless the spine is severed and then the shooter is spared the gruesome dance of the dead)

However they say that severing the spinal cord causes an instant death, this is a fallacy as well, because the brain can live for a couple of minutes without the heart.

A humane death is some abstract Idea that someone some where made up because they realized they were actually killing people.

I would say that a soldier loses their humanity when the ink hits the paper.

By MarineGunrock

MarineGunrock (http://catsanddogs.videosift.com/member/MarineGunrock) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:04:20 -0700

I'd like to argue your post, NR.

During all combat marksmanship training, you are instructed to fire with a "double tap" followed by a finisher - a combo Marines so affectionately call "Two in the heart, one in the mind." If you were to draw an upside-down triangle with the base corners at each eye and the peak landing over the upper lip, you would have your instant-kill target for the head. Place a round within that area and the target drops like a sack of potatoes.

By NordlichReiter

NordlichReiter (http://catsanddogs.videosift.com/member/NordlichReiter) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:26:20 -0700

/\ right in the cortex.

The same can be achieved with a knife, and a ball point pen.

By MarineGunrock

MarineGunrock (http://catsanddogs.videosift.com/member/MarineGunrock) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:25:15 -0700

You sound like you're my kinda guy.

By NordlichReiter

NordlichReiter (http://catsanddogs.videosift.com/member/NordlichReiter) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:32:24 -0700

hah

By gwiz665

gwiz665 (http://gwiz665.videosift.com) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:41:49 -0800

I'm sure the "befriending an animal" actually is made to cover iraqis.