The Laughing Wolf

Clearly Not A Good Example Of The Sort Of People We Want To Produce

Gregory "Gramps/Pappy" Boyington was a drunk, a braggart, a liar, and more -- all of which are things he owned up to being. He would be the first to admit that he was not a nice person and very honest about his shortcomings. Yet, he also was a damned good combat pilot who served both in the AVG and the Marines in fighting the racist and imperialistic empire of Japan. He is credited with more than 20 victories, was shot down in combat, and survived a brutal 20 months in captivity when torture was much more than a bad hazing. He was beaten and starved as a part of torture and confinement. Depending on who you want to believe, he was shot down in part because he was trying to save another pilot by getting the enemy off his tail. He earned the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross for his actions in defense of this country and the rights we retain.

Yet, the Student Senate at the University of Washington finds him unworthy of commemoration.

In point of fact, student senator Ashley Miller feels there are already enough memorials to rich white men. Student senator Jill Edwards goes further and feels that she "didn't believe a member of the Marine Corps was an example of the sort of person UW wanted to produce."

Yes, Col. Boyington was a Marine (and half Souix, that's Native American to you twits). Here are two tales of yet another Marine. You will find a lot more stories about Marines and others here. There are a lot more out there too. My father was a Marine, and as much as he disliked high command, he thought the world of his fellow Marines. This was a man who could have avoided service, would have been happy to do so as a matter of fact, but instead went in and served in the Pacific. Because of him, Col. Boyington, and a host of others who gave their lives the Japanese advance was stopped, then rolled up. These are men who left behind wives, children, and significant others to go defend the United States and give ignorant, bigoted wastes of protoplasm and air the ability to show their asses in public.

For those callow girls and any who don't believe the empire of Japan was the things I said above, search "Rape of Nanking" "Japanese Medical Experiments (on prisoners)" for starters. There is a lot more on them. You might also search "Joseph Mengele" and "Death Camps" as well. Oh, you might also want to go search out the UN and other reports on what was done by the Taliban and by Saddam too. You see, all that stuff isn't just in the past by old enemies, it is also part and parcel of the current enemies of freedom.

You see, if you fail history, it is more than just a course -- it can be your life and the lives of those you love, and all that you hold dear.

No, the Student Senate at the University of Washington is not the sort of people we want to produce. We need to produce a hell of a lot more Marines, even deeply flawed ones like Col. Boyington, for despite their flaws they are truly the best. A lot better than a bunch of spoiled bigots playing at being pretend grownups, and able to do so because of better people than they.

Feh.

LW
Who has a very non-PC suggestion for Miller and Edwards involving their notes, oragami, many points, and sideways...