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U.S. Marines Urinate On Dead Bodies In Afghanistan

CriticalThought said:
Exactly what part of pissing on a corpse helps someone stay alive? Is pissing on dead bodies something you engage in for fun?
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I'm not saying it kept him alive, I'm saying that staying alive was probably on his mind more than the Geneva Convention. Do try to follow the conversation....

I piss in the bathroom and on occasion outside... I am not a Marine. I am not in the sandbox. I am not going through nor experience what these Marines are experiencing so what I do is irrelevant.
 
Ockham said:
I'm not saying it kept him alive, I'm saying that staying alive was probably on his mind more than the Geneva Convention. Do try to follow the conversation....
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I'm following the conversation. You argued that Marines can't be bothered to adhere to the Geneva Convention since they are trying to stay alive, and apparently you feel pissing on corpses has something to do with staying alive. How exactly does pissing on a corpse keep someone alive?
 
apdst said:
Of, so it's ok to blow their heads off with heavy weapons, but don't dare piss on them. That would be bad!!!!

Do you know how silly that sounds?

A real man would at least be consistant.
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If pissing them off hinders the war effort and the mission as a whole, then yes, don't piss them off.

You have to consider how weird muslims are about bodily fluids as a part of their religion and what this does for the long term efforts.
 
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CriticalThought said:
I'm following the conversation. You argued that Marines can't be bothered to adhere to the Geneva Convention since they are trying to stay alive, and apparently you feel pissing on corpses has something to do with staying alive. How exactly does pissing on a corpse keep someone alive?
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You follow the conversation poorly. I stated Marines do what they're told. I stated the Marines state of mind is more on staying alive than on the Geneva Convention. I stated that this Marine did what he did and were I there to witness it, I wouldn't say a thing about it. I also stated that pissing on this poor Taliban chap may have been his way of bringing levity (that means "like a joke" btw) to an otherwise bad situation, but that's just me speculating.

Anything else I can straighten you out on?
 
Ockham said:
You follow the conversation poorly. I stated Marines do what they're told. I stated the Marines state of mind is more on staying alive than on the Geneva Convention. I stated that this Marine did what he did and were I there to witness it, I wouldn't say a thing about it. I also stated that pissing on this poor Taliban chap may have been his way of bringing levity (that means "like a joke" btw) to an otherwise bad situation, but that's just me speculating.

Anything else I can straighten you out on?
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So do you piss on corpses for "levity"?
 
Ockham said:
Oh it's a liberal trait now to be accountable... if so that's new.
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Liberals have always been opposed to unnecessary war.
 
CriticalThought said:
So do you piss on corpses for "levity"?
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Still following poorly and getting worse.

Ockham said:
I piss in the bathroom and on occasion outside... I am not a Marine. I am not in the sandbox. I am not going through nor experience what these Marines are experiencing so what I do is irrelevant.
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Ask me again. :lamo
 
Catawba said:
Liberals have always been opposed to unnecessary war.
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It cuts into the money they want to spend on welfare and pet projects. I know...
 
Ockham said:
Still following poorly and getting worse.
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I'm just trying to figure out why you think it is appropriate for Marines to disregard the Geneva Convention and desecrate corpses for "levity". I'm wondering if this is something you engage in with your free time.
 
a777pilot said:
That is not what I was replying to, but as to an "honorable" thing to do? No, they should not have taped it. Other than that, they killed three enemy. Good for them.
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It was dishonorable to piss on the dead, or it was dishonorable to tape it?
 
Catawba said:
Liberals have always been opposed to unnecessary war.
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Oh, BS!

Liberals were screaming that we, the USA, should be in Afghanistan. Also, liberals were cheering how wonderful it was for the USA to get involved in Egypt, Libya and they want the USA involved in Syria. Idiots.
 
Ockham said:
It cuts into the money they want to spend on welfare and pet projects. I know...
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Wasteful military spending and the tax cuts to the rich have been the biggest reason for our debt/GDP ratio for the last 30 years.
 
a777pilot said:
I don't care what they no with the dead enemy. Feed them to the pigs for all I care. This is not an honorable enemy. It was stupid to tape it.
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What makes an enemy "honorable"? Would desecrating corpses make an enemy "honorable"?
 
CriticalThought said:
I'm just trying to figure out why you think it is appropriate for Marines to disregard the Geneva Convention and desecrate corpses for "levity". I'm wondering if this is something you engage in with your free time.
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Well you keep asking me personally, if I do these things. What I do is irrelevant. You still don't seem to get it --- when you're out in an op and getting shot at or could be killed at any time, you're really not pondering the implications of the Geneva Convention. After a fire fight, I'm told, the adrenaline is very high and different people handle it different ways. Was it appropriate? I don't know - I wasn't there.

To be repetative since you apparently need repetition to understand:

Ockham said:
I piss in the bathroom and on occasion outside... I am not a Marine. I am not in the sandbox. I am not going through nor experience what these Marines are experiencing so what I do is irrelevant.
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Let me know if you need another dose.
 
a777pilot said:
That is not what I was replying to, but as to an "honorable" thing to do? No, they should not have taped it. Other than that, they killed three enemy. Good for them.
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Makes me wonder, if these infants are doing this type of foolish thing then who is to say those dead had even been the enemy.

If they can't determine between right and wrong on their own in this situation, then they probably can't determine who is the enemy and who is not.
 
Ockham said:
After a fire fight, I'm told, the adrenaline is very high and different people handle it different ways. Was it appropriate? I don't know - I wasn't there.
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So you would have had to been there to judge whether it was appropriate to piss on a dead body?
 
Catawba said:
Wasteful military spending and the tax cuts to the rich have been the biggest reason for our debt/GDP ratio for the last 30 years.
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Dude, you're on here spouting this crap too! This is the second thread I've seen you doing this on. Wow. Is this Occupy Debate or what? The question is, are you a card carrying, t shirt wearing, proud member of the 99%?
 
a777pilot said:
I don't care what they no with the dead enemy. Feed them to the pigs for all I care. This is not an honorable enemy. It was stupid to tape it.
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You dishonor your fellow marines and yourself with that statement.
 
CriticalThought said:
So you would have had to been there to judge whether it was appropriate to piss on a dead body?
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It would certainly have helped understand it, yes. I don't expect to understand or empathize - you have no background to even start to comprehend what they do, how they think, how they live when they're there. I don't have the background in it either - though I do sympathize.
 
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