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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
Didn't some British General once say that if you claim you're not afraid to die you're either a liar or a Gurkha?
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
~Will Rogers |
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
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On 2011-10-16 18:24, Woland wrote: Shresta. Let's remember that name. Because he is truly a badass! |
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Josh Chaikin Inner circle Kansas City 1430 Posts |
And just because Critter said it in the "Tommy..." thread...The Who. I don't need to give a reason, because it's the fraggin' Who!
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Woland Special user 680 Posts |
A slightly different version of the story is here, with pictures of the hero:
http://xnepali.net/a-gurkha-soldier-who-......f-india/ and here: http://archives.myrepublica.com/portal/i......id=27100 Twenty-six of the 1,356 Victoria Crosses awarded have gone to Gurkhas or officers serving with them. Recently deceased Bahadur Pun received the award in the Second World War: Quote:
War Office, 9th November, 1944 Amazingly, Bahadur Pun was initially refused the right to settle in England, where he thought he would retire for better medical care: Quote:
In later life Mr Pun suffered from ill-health, including heart problems, asthma and diabetes. He had difficulties getting medical attention and the medical supplies in Nepal, which were needed to keep him alive. He lived at the foothills of the Himalayas in Nepal at 4,000 feet. His house has no proper roof, no electricity, and no running water. In a statement given to his solicitors, Howe & Co, of Ealing, West London, Mr Pun stated that his home had no sanitation and that he was therefore obliged to dig a hole in the surrounding fields in order to pass as a toilet. He told the British press that he was in constant fear of landslides during the Nepalese monsoon season. This is the sort of thing Kipling was describing in his poem "Tommy." Quote:
Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep |
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
Jack Johnson. With every paper in the Country calling him the N-Word and screaming for his downfall he just smiled, ****ed white chicks, and knocked people out.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
~Will Rogers |
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Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5777 Posts |
The guy who invented the Atom Bomb.
Now we have the ability to annihilate the whole human race. Badass to the nth degree...
"Dreams aren't a matter of Chance but a matter of Choice." -DC-
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
Surprised nobody has mentioned the Spartans. At their peak, not the tourist attraction Spartans of later years.
Also, Navy UDT's. In WWII they often swam onto hostile beaches in shorts carrying nothing but a knife and a bag of explosives. And their logo was a frog chomping on a cigar with a bomb in his hand.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
~Will Rogers |
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NicholasD Inner circle 1458 Posts |
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On 2011-10-17 12:04, critter wrote: Jack Johnson vs. Rocky Marchiano. There's a dream fight. |
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Marlin1894 Special user 559 Posts |
John "Liver-Eating" Johnson. He waged war on the Crow Indian nation. And won.
http://badassoftheweek.com/livereating.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver-Eating_Johnson |
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
Now that, Mr Marlin, is a true badass. Well done!
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
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On 2011-10-17 12:27, NicholasD wrote: Johnson would have taken him apart, 4 times out of 5. Better dream fight: Johnson vs. Joe Louis
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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Dennis Michael Inner circle Southern, NJ 5821 Posts |
How about Chuck Norris?
Dennis Michael
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
Chuck Norris is a myth.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
~Will Rogers |
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motown Inner circle Atlanta by way of Detroit 6127 Posts |
"From the fury of the Northmen deliver us, O Lord."
Vikings, take your pick. Yeah they were badasses
"If you ever write anything about me after I'm gone, I will come back and haunt you."
– Karl Germain |
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
I have a mild obsession with the Berserkers.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
~Will Rogers |
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
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On 2011-10-17 12:17, critter wrote: I mentioned Plutarch's Lives. There be Spartans in that book, my friend. Never read it? I'll send you a copy. Put in on your Amazon wish list, and it's yours. |
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Woland Special user 680 Posts |
What about Erich Hartmann? I refer not to his aerial exploits, but to his comportment as a POW.
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
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On 2011-10-18 05:09, stoneunhinged wrote: Or get the etext free from Project Gutenberg one of the few truly great sites
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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Woland Special user 680 Posts |
Speaking of the Eastern front, Alexey Maresyev was probably more of a badass than even Erich Hatmann:
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In 1940, he graduated from Bataysk Military School of Aviation. He began his flights as a fighter pilot in August 1941. He had shot down four German aircraft by March 1942, but on 4 April 1942 his Polikarpov I-16 was shot down near Staraya Russa, then occupied by Nazi Germany. |
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
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On 2011-10-18 05:09, stoneunhinged wrote: I did used to have a book called "Plutarch on Sparta" that had excerpts from those Lives but it somehow vanished.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
~Will Rogers |
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