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On Feb 2, 2015, mastermindreader wrote: Agreed. But sometimes you need certain guys in certain roles. Its effective management. let each man do what he's good at. Usually one is good at what he enjoys. We had some loose cannons in our armed forces. They were very effective as a result. It wasn't popular with the public so our government disbanded them. Our military was weakened as a result. The most effective sniper might just be the guy who hates shooting people the least. Call it a hunch, but I'm no General. |
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On Feb 2, 2015, landmark wrote: Sometimes truth is difficult. |
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landmark![]() Inner circle within a triangle 5021 Posts ![]() |
Sometimes truth is psychopathic.
I guess he found his niche. Sometimes sadists find their calling. Look at Sonny Liston. But a hero? No way.
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magicfish![]() Inner circle 6770 Posts ![]() |
Sadists could be valuable candidates for certain roles, yes. See my post at the top of this page.
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On Feb 2, 2015, mastermindreader wrote: At least one person gets it!
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On Feb 2, 2015, acesover wrote: I have ghosted a number of celebrity and non-celebrity biographies. The ghost writers did not help Kyle write the book, they wrote it in its entirety, and he signed off on it. That's how it works. They would have spend days interviewing him at exhaustive length, and they would have distilled his words, attitudes and turns of phrase onto the page. They would also have toned down his attitudes considerably to make them palatable to the public. Then they would have gone over the book page by page with him. I know this because I have done it. If Kyle's book says he was happy to kill 'savages' we know he signed off on that, and it is how he felt. Not how his ghosts felt (though they may well have agreed with his anti-everyone else attitudes).
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On Feb 2, 2015, MaxfieldsMagic wrote: On your first point, the reason the Good Friday Agreement took the guns out of circulation is that you do not want armed paramilitaries roaming the streets, ready to resume violence if they do not get their way. You cannot confiscate bombs in the same way. Looking around my kitchen I could find enough to make a very effective bomb and take out a dozen people, with only a basic knowledge of chemistry. Bombs were used for the majority of the killings. Guns were used for fund-raising. Armed robberies, etc. As well as a portion of the killing. But they were very tangible, so they were easy to take out of circulation. You cannot take bombs out of circulation unless you are going to ban sugar, fertiliser, parafin, and all the other things we can blow up. A terrorist bomb is not like a US Army bomb, neatly packaged and factory made. That is one of the reasons the Good Friday Agreement focused on guns. They also included grenades and rockets in the arms ban, by the way. As for your other point, we all applaud the success of merging ethnically diverse groups in America. Although there are wobbles and issues, as a whole that has been very successful, and is great to see. Many areas of Europe (the UK for example) are similarly ethnically diverse with all groups mixing and working together. I think we can all agree that is what we should be aiming for. My point about Northern Ireland was simply that there are three ethnic groups there, as distinct as Shiite and Sunni. They don't look different, just like a Shiite and a Sunni don't look different. But they came from different parts of Europe, they have different religious and cultural backgrounds, and they are ethnically distinct. Now they get on in harmony. If you accept that Shiite and Sunni are ethnically distinct, you have to concede the same point to the people of Northern Ireland. The country was colonised in the 1600s and that is the result. Lobowolf, as you rightly pointed out Nevil Chamberlain did not do well talking to Hitler. I am not saying that talking to our 'enemies' always works. It can fail. But it does sometimes work, and should not be dismissed. And passive resistance to Hitler saved many hundreds of thousands of Jewish lives in France, Italy and other European nations. Finally, Chris Kyle took pleasure in shooting an Iraqi woman, maintaining she was a savage whose soul was worth less than an American soul. Yet he was the one occupying her country, preventing her people having self-determination, and imposing their will by armed force. Who was the savage in reality? From her point of view she was fighting an occupying force who had stolen her country. I am not condoning what Iraqi people do to American troops. But we have to at least acknowledge that they can justify themselves just as easily as their American opponents.
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On Feb 3, 2015, TonyB2009 wrote: While you may have helped write some. I doubt you ever helped such a works as this. Yes he signed off on it but he signed off on it because he was told it was what will work and it will sell. Again you have not addressed poetic license. I am definitely not berating your capabilities as a writer but I doubt you could have done the job the two people have done as it is what they do for a living. You can also direct a home video but that does not make you a Spielberg. Yea we know he signed off on the book. He is not an editor. When advised by professionals as to what will work you go with the flow. Obviously they were correct because of the sales of said book and now the movie. They just may know something you don't. If Chris tells you to hold the crosshairs of the rifle a foot above the head of your target you should listen to him because HE KNOWS. There are experts in every field. If they say leave the word "fun" in you should probably listen to them. But yea he signed off on it.
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On Feb 3, 2015, TonyB2009 wrote: It doesn't matter who occupied what. An individual is in a war. He has his sights on a woman approaching his countrymen with a grenade and a baby headed for martyrdom. He pulled the trigger and saved their lives. And I hope he saved the baby from its murderous mother. Im not sure. Kyle himself said he didn't accurately count kills, but counted how many american lives he maybe saving with each kill. Its war. Its ugly. Men's minds alter themselves to adjust. Hopefully, war isn't necessary and peaceful solutions prevail, but during war, the enemy must be killed. And all combative parties need men who can and will do the job. It is what is asked of him. And when he delivers, he must be awarded and celebrated by the people who did the asking. |
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On Feb 3, 2015, acesover wrote: I haven't helped write some. I have fully written many. For four of the big six publishing houses worldwide, for books that have hit the bestseller list. Some of the books have been politically sensitive. In this field I am one of the experts. And I can tell you the word 'fun' did not come from the ghosts. It came from Kyle. And I strongly suspect they toned down his attitudes, as I would have done. That's the way the ghosting process works. They did not put words in his mouth. What he said about finding killing fun was not a marketing ploy, but what he actually felt.
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On Feb 3, 2015, TonyB2009 wrote: Correct...and? |
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mastermindreader![]() V.I.P. Seattle, WA 12589 Posts ![]() |
Aces- So which parts of the book should we believe and which parts are just "marketing ploys?"
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critter![]() Inner circle Spokane, WA 2551 Posts ![]() |
Http://www.salon.com/2015/02/01/i_was_an......_my_war/
Just going to leave this here for a different perspective from another sniper
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
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On Feb 1, 2015, balducci wrote: I think it was already left like five pages ago.
Danny Doyle
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S2000magician![]() Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3469 Posts ![]() |
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On Feb 3, 2015, mastermindreader wrote: By and large the nouns and adjectives are believable, but the adjectives and, especially, the adverbs are marketing ploys. Conjunctions and prepositions exhibit no discernible pattern. Articles haven't been studied enough to form any definite conclusions, but I'd be wary, especially of indefinite articles. |
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Dannydoyle![]() Eternal Order 20552 Posts ![]() |
Thank you for the grammar school flashback.
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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acesover![]() Special user I believe I have 819 Posts ![]() |
TonyB2009 said: They did not put words in his mouth. What he said about finding killing fun was not a marketing ploy, but what he actually felt.
I have to ask. You know this HOW? Seems like you should write your own book about Chris as you know so much about him and his feelings. Did you learn all of this from talking to him or reading the book? Your reasoning make me smile. Believe what you want. We live in a "FREE" country here in the United States because of men like Chris. Again you believe what you want. I am just curious. What books of yours were on the best seller list? I am sure others here would also like to know. I would be very interested in reading some of your works.
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On Feb 3, 2015, mastermindreader wrote: The marketing ploy does not make it a lie. So one should believe what sounds believable. If they substitute the word fun for fulfilling it does not make the statement a lie. It may change your interpretation of it but it does not make it a lie. So again in answering your question. Believe what sounds plausible. I do not believe it is a work of fiction. I do imagine as I have stated before that poetic license is definitely a factor in just about any nonfiction novel.
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Dannydoyle![]() Eternal Order 20552 Posts ![]() |
Anyone think the government had a say in the book? I have no clue just asking.
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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NYCTwister![]() Loyal user 267 Posts ![]() |
Does anyone actually believe he was on the roof of the Superdome and killed, what was it, 30 looters?
If you need fear to enforce your beliefs, then your beliefs are worthless.
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