Topic: Blast-in-place posted on YouTube: "Canadian Soldiers Blowing Up...House for Fun"

[daftandbarmy]

This, or any other structure in a similar situation, ceased being a "house" when it was used by insurgent forces to cache weapons and explosives.  In that regard, it was the Taliban who in fact robbed the rightful owners of their home; transforming the structure into a storage area for illegal weapons that was, for safety's sake, best resolved through destruction in place.

I agree with dogger1936 that the source of soldiers' laughter is in no way connected to a disregard or lack of respect for the family that the Taliban displaced, but rather from the excitement of proximity to such a large detonation.  How many folks who have been nearby the receiving end of a burst of GAU-8 30mm fire from an A-10 not had some kind of emotion linked to wonderment or excitement excrement?


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G2G

Fixed that for you 

[TN]

How many folks who have been nearby the receiving end of a burst of GAU-8 30mm fire from an A-10 not had some kind of emotion linked to wonderment or excitement?

Is it wrong for me to say I had a "hard on"? May be I need to talk to my quack doctor more often.

[SupersonicMax]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the video itself, however publishing that video on YouTube (or not keeping it for you personal collection) is a very bad judgement call, IMO.  General Joe Public doesn't always understand all the aspect of a task and what is behind the end result, and can see a very different thing than what is really happening in the video. 

Bottom line:  If you film/take picture of something with CF personnel or equipment in it, don't release it unless approved by the CoC.  Keep it for yourself.

[Sythen]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the video itself, however publishing that video on YouTube (or not keeping it for you personal collection) is a very bad judgement call, IMO.  General Joe Public doesn't always understand all the aspect of a task and what is behind the end result, and can see a very different thing than what is really happening in the video. 

Bottom line:  If you film/take picture of something with CF personnel or equipment in it, don't release it unless approved by the CoC.  Keep it for yourself.

So bringing videos like this, which have nothing really negative in them, to the light which in turn forces an otherwise ignorant media or populace to hear the reality of it and learn those things they don't understand is a bad thing?

[Brihard]

So bringing videos like this, which have nothing really negative in them, to the light which in turn forces an otherwise ignorant media or populace to hear the reality of it and learn those things they don't understand is a bad thing?

Essentially, yes. 'Killing people and breaking things' is something the Americans do; we're there to rebuild a destroyed society into something that might someday reach an approximation of 'peaceful.  We've created an imperialistic artificiality where the peaceable possession of hundreds of pounds of ammonia nitrate and diesel fuel fertilizer explosive - which has been a cultural norm since practically Alexander the Great - is suddenly 'wrong' because we say so.  The Afghans have been getting along just fine with such ordnance since well before we were there, and it's only trying to subject them to our own relativistic moral values that suddenly makes 'inappropriate' things that they are simply their way of life.

A man's home is his castle; castles are normally of some historical significance, and so it's grossly wrong for us to be BIPing historical architectural wonders. Isn't that exactly what we condemned the Taliban for at Bamiyan with the Buddha statues?

[Good2Golf]

...A man's home is his castle; castles are normally of some historical significance, and so it's grossly wrong for us to be BIPing historical architectural wonders...

[TN]

Troll?

[Brihard]

Troll?

Oh, you'd better believe it. When Sythen and I met and subsequently discovered each other was on here and under what handle, the subject of some of my posts coming across as a bit lefty came up. I figured there was some room for humour here if I walked a thin enough line..

[TN]

It's cool by me.. free forum.

[cupper]

How many folks who have been nearby the receiving end of a burst of GAU-8 30mm fire from an A-10 not had some kind of emotion linked to wonderment or excitement?

Unfortunately I can think of one group on the receiving end who weren't all in awe, but that's an entirely different, sad, story.

[Sythen]

the subject of some of my posts coming across as a bit lefty came up.

I believe I called you a dirty communist *******

[Brihard]

I believe I called you a dirty communist *******

Something to that effect. 

[muskrat89]

This one has run its course, apparently