(September 6, 2015 at 12:43 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:(September 6, 2015 at 12:14 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: Army. They would have pillow fights.
It's "officers", pillow fighting is as close as they get to danger.
Easy there. I went to the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs. It's not as easy as people like to imagine.
When I was there, we had what we called "hall brawls", in which we Fourthies (freshmen) "celebrated" any upperclassman's birthday by dragging them out of their room and covering them in honey, syrup, etc., smuggled out of the chow hall. Their classmates tried to stop us, resulting in a huge wrestling match. It was great fun, though they kinda put the kibbosh on the practice after we accidentally threw someone through a plate-glass mirror at the end of one of the hallways, showering everyone with potentially-lethal shards of glass.
We were careful to return the items used in the brawls, because we at the Academies have an "honor oath" which is taken quite seriously: "I will not lie, steal, or cheat, nor tolerate among us anyone who does. Furthermore I resolve to do my duty and to live honorably (so help me God)." (The parenthetical phrase was not obligatory, and I skipped that part... my first major step, at age 18, toward openly admitting my atheism.)
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
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I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
