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Anonymous Coward User ID: 28885747 Canada 12/22/2012 02:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | people operating big fire arms in a combat zone while their drunk Because innocent people can die. Just like you cant drive while your drunk. What makes you think its smart to be drunk while on duty? You well get yourself killed and or other. War is not a game, and drinking on duty, is the stupidest thing. Drink while off duty thats fine, but i think they want you to maintain a clean and healthy lifestyle. But i failed to see how this is an Islamic policy? I must say tho, cause you deserved it. You pretty stupid, im amazed. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 27834680 Panama 12/22/2012 02:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ok what does this have to do with islam? they dont want Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28885747 people operating big fire arms in a combat zone while their drunk Because innocent people can die. Just like you cant drive while your drunk. What makes you think its smart to be drunk while on duty? You well get yourself killed and or other. War is not a game, and drinking on duty, is the stupidest thing. Drink while off duty thats fine, but i think they want you to maintain a clean and healthy lifestyle. But i failed to see how this is an Islamic policy? I must say tho, cause you deserved it. You pretty stupid, im amazed. According to the article, the blood alcohol content limit has been set so low that a Marine drinking off-duty could still be over the limit the following morning. They've set it so low that a man who drinks half a beer or a woman who drinks one third of a beer would be over the limit. According to the doctor interviewed, even a Marine who gargled with mouthwash within the last 20 minutes would register above the new limit. |
Nyarlathotep User ID: 20053617 United States 12/22/2012 02:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ok what does this have to do with islam? they dont want Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28885747 people operating big fire arms in a combat zone while their drunk Because innocent people can die. Just like you cant drive while your drunk. What makes you think its smart to be drunk while on duty? You well get yourself killed and or other. War is not a game, and drinking on duty, is the stupidest thing. Drink while off duty thats fine, but i think they want you to maintain a clean and healthy lifestyle. But i failed to see how this is an Islamic policy? I must say tho, cause you deserved it. You pretty stupid, im amazed. According to the article, the blood alcohol content limit has been set so low that a Marine drinking off-duty could still be over the limit the following morning. They've set it so low that a man who drinks half a beer or a woman who drinks one third of a beer would be over the limit. According to the doctor interviewed, even a Marine who gargled with mouthwash within the last 20 minutes would register above the new limit. Humans will never get it right. No matter the policy, law, or ethic involved :) It's all relative eh? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1579731 United States 12/22/2012 02:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 24532978 United States 12/22/2012 02:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I guess you guys don't care that our Marines can't have a fucking beer. Quoting: Joe Six Pack 20420224 Al Queda doesn't let their guys have beer either. It makes me sick. The lack of support for our Marines makes me sick. THEY CAN'T EVEN FART IN AFGHANISTAN!!! THEY NEED BEER! YOU PEOPLE ARE INSANE! Soldiers need beer! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 24532978 United States 12/22/2012 02:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 16763419 United States 12/22/2012 02:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's not like they get much out there now! When they are overseas they pretty much work or need to be ready to work 24/7, so it makes sense. Plus if you guys knew how much sexual assault plays a roll in combat... Well, alcohol just isn't a good mix in such a senario maybe? |
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IRQ_1 User ID: 24600584 United States 12/22/2012 03:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I guess you guys don't care that our Marines can't have a fucking beer. Quoting: Joe Six Pack 20420224 Al Queda doesn't let their guys have beer either. It makes me sick. The lack of support for our Marines makes me sick. THEY CAN'T EVEN FART IN AFGHANISTAN!!! THEY NEED BEER! YOU PEOPLE ARE INSANE! Soldiers need beer! Big Pharma's contracts with the DOD disapprove. Jack of all trades master of none "shall not be infringed." BLUE RIBBON AWARNESS FOR MENS' HEALTH Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. --ISAAC ASIMOV I never 'Ad hominem' I don't need to. The Constitution means everything or nothing. You can't have both. |
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K.Kool User ID: 25430715 Australia 12/22/2012 04:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ok what does this have to do with islam? they dont want Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28885747 people operating big fire arms in a combat zone while their drunk Because innocent people can die. Just like you cant drive while your drunk. What makes you think its smart to be drunk while on duty? You well get yourself killed and or other. War is not a game, and drinking on duty, is the stupidest thing. Drink while off duty thats fine, but i think they want you to maintain a clean and healthy lifestyle. But i failed to see how this is an Islamic policy? I must say tho, cause you deserved it. You pretty stupid, im amazed. According to the article, the blood alcohol content limit has been set so low that a Marine drinking off-duty could still be over the limit the following morning. They've set it so low that a man who drinks half a beer or a woman who drinks one third of a beer would be over the limit. According to the doctor interviewed, even a Marine who gargled with mouthwash within the last 20 minutes would register above the new limit. It's a very puritan move, a beer off-duty is a fundamental right, imho. |
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CtYankee User ID: 30129105 United States 12/22/2012 05:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Alcohol makes them react stupidly, dumbass. There are videos of marines acting like disgraceful fools while drunk. Shut the hell up and go drink yourself into a stupor if you hate life that much. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1200962 CtYankee "If at first you don't succeed, erase all evidence that you tried." -anonymous -Spouting a fountain of nonsense since 1972- Never met anyone important enough to lie to..... |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 30621000 United States 12/22/2012 06:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.washingtontimes.com] Quoting: Anonymous Coward 20420224 Very soon our Jarheads will be bowing toward Mecca five times a day. Its the same no tolerance policy that they have towards non- psychoactive THC metabolites. They will get you for an insanely low level of those...even if you are no at all impaired. Science has nothing to do with it, in the case of THC. [link to www.theweedblog.com] Sounds more like the USMC is trying to change their culture? [link to www.usmc-mccs.org] The Marine Corps objective is to eliminate alcohol abuse. Combating the debilitating threat posed by alcohol abuse and alcohol dependency on both Marines and mission readiness requires a total commitment from all levels of leadership. Leaders must be alert to characteristics of alcohol abuse and with the symptoms of the disease of alcohol dependency. All leaders must not in any way promote or condone alcohol misuse. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 30574357 United States 12/22/2012 06:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | When you willingly and legally sign away your very body to , of all things, the government, then you got no right to say shit. You take exactly what you're given. You chose to kill innocents. You chose to work 70 hour weeks for half of what a McDonald's clerk makes. You chose to get 30 vaccinations at once with an air gun with something added that changes you. I know cause I'm a vet. I couldn't wait to get out. Americans don't know what it's like to live under a dictatorship but veterans do. It ain't fun and it ain't pretty. So I say take away their beer. They aren't entitled to anything except 3 hots and a cot and a measly pittance of a payday. And if they don't like that then there can only be one logical solution, don't sign up. |
Old Marine Vet User ID: 28997948 Ukraine 12/22/2012 07:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Good for the Marines. I remember my 21st birthday... drank so much Vodka, it was oozing from my pores the next day. I reeked of it. Had to see the gunny that day... stood in the doorway to his office... he let me get away with that, thank God! I also worked for a county government. They had a ZERO tolerance policy. And, we got piss tested all the time. It was supposed to be "random". However, I got picked all the time. Interesting, since it was well known that I did not drink. I think they hated firing people. It happened, though. Nothing to see here on this thread. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 30244341 United States 12/22/2012 07:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
CrazyBud User ID: 8066335 United States 12/22/2012 07:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.washingtontimes.com] Quoting: Anonymous Coward 20420224 Very soon our Jarheads will be bowing toward Mecca five times a day. ...BAC testing at the unit level will save 3-5 hour of time and resources by not having to take a suspect Marine to the hospital for testing. Good tool...I don't want a Marine who's impaired in any way to operate lethal weapons or control aircraft with people on board. Should not have to explain all the problems caused by alcohol. It's just another tool to help maintain the highest standards in the Armed Forces. Semper Fi There's plenty of room for all God's creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes...noli timere messorem |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 26997426 United States 12/22/2012 07:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.washingtontimes.com] Quoting: Anonymous Coward 20420224 Very soon our Jarheads will be bowing toward Mecca five times a day. The article doesn't say jack shit about islam. |
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Hawk-02 Hawk-o-holic User ID: 972552 United States 12/22/2012 12:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I guess you guys don't care that our Marines can't have a fucking beer. Quoting: Joe Six Pack 20420224 Al Queda doesn't let their guys have beer either. It makes me sick. The lack of support for our Marines makes me sick. THEY CAN'T EVEN FART IN AFGHANISTAN!!! THEY NEED BEER! YOU PEOPLE ARE INSANE! Soldiers need beer! Pickle Suprise! |