Marine to recieve medal after jumping on grenade

[Pokulski-Blatz]

Guaranteed if someone were to say something like this who was close to you, you'd throw a tizzy and jump on that rickety high horse of yours.

I know I damned sure would.

[SS Junk]

I know I damned sure would.

Do you understand the point being made?

[Pokulski-Blatz]

Do you understand the point being made?

Pretty sure I understand it more than you do.

[SS Junk]

Pretty sure I understand it more than you do.

You're right. You do. I have read where you've done the very same thing- Get completely tweaked when naynay made a mere mention of your brother yet you were on YB talking all kinds of mad shit about people's family members.

[Pokulski-Blatz]

You're right. You do. I have read where you've done the very same thing- Get completely tweaked when naynay made a mere mention of your brother yet you were on YB talking all kinds of mad shit about people's family members.

Were they dead? Nope. Trolling YB was not one of my finest moments, I will be the first to admit that. But I would never bring the dead up in such a manner, nor would I make off color remarks about an act of selfless heroism.

[SS Junk]

Were they dead? Nope. Trolling YB was not one of my finest moments, I will be the first to admit that.

I appreciate your honesty, however regardless of their mortality you don't know what kind of battles or situations they could be going through. You should know there's no reason to attack those who cannot defend themselves.

[Pokulski-Blatz]

I appreciate your honesty, however regardless of their mortality you don't know what kind of battles or situations they could be going through. You should know there's no reason to attack those who cannot defend themselves.

If they are home with their family, I could care less of their "battles and situations". I guess after going through as much as my family has since Michael was killed some things just seem much less severe than people think they are. Dealing with my other brother's cancer was a walk in the park compared to Michael dying, burying my grandmother that I was rather close to was easier. I could go on, but I wont. Point being is that most people don't really know hard times any longer and sensationalize what ever trivial hardships they are facing.

Now I will agree, I shouldn't have attacked someone who can't defend their reputation. That was a chickenshit move, one that I hadn't done prior and won't do again. If you think I haven't seen the error of my ways, you are dead wrong.

You can quit trying to lecture me now, I don't feel that you have any insight to share that might be eye opening.

[danielhv]

If they are home with their family, I could care less of their "battles and situations". I guess after going through as much as my family has since Michael was killed some things just seem much less severe than people think.

I am aware of your situation... And with all due respect please don't take this the wrong way. But if what you said above is truly how you feel... Then you are being very selfish to believe that your hardship trumps others.

We have all lost someone. I can't say I have lost someone in the military, but I can say that I lost my mother when I was 18. As if that weren't hard enough, a few years ago I lost my own brother, my only other blood related sibling, my role model, my best friend. I watched him suffer for over 2 years. His highs, and his lows. From having control, to having none. From getting dressed every day, to laying on the floor, unable to stand his last 3 months, wearing a diaper because he had a hole the size of a golf ball under his pelvic bone where the cancer ate through. I changed him, cleaned him, and cried with him. We had both watched his cancer wither him away to nothing. I watched him cry when he stepped outside for the first time in 5 months. And I watched him die.

It fucking sucks. It hurts. I feel like, what could possibly be worse right?

But I still take time to sympathize for others, regardless of how easy I feel they have it. Everyone has their own struggles and battles. And I know that every time I hear of someone going through some of what I went through.... Even if it's just a fraction of it... I take time to reflect on what my brother went through, and I sympathize for those people. Had I not been hurt myself, I might not have the capability to relate to other people for their loss. My brothers suffering taught me how to sympathize, and care.

My brother would not want me to "care less" about other people's situations when they are going through a tough time... Would yours?

Again, no disrespect. Just trying to give you another perspective to consider, from a fellow man whom also lost his brother & best friend.

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[Big A]

My post was a, albeit juvenile, play on words, not any kind of personal attack. Some of you are way too butthurt over nothing.

[SSMAN]

Fuck the medal, all permanently injured or death should be rewarded with at least a 2 million dollar severance package. (no pun intended) We spend way more than that per day during war.

[Pokulski-Blatz]

I am aware of your situation... And with all due respect please don't take this the wrong way. But if what you said above is truly how you feel... Then you are being very selfish to believe that your hardship trumps others.

We have all lost someone. I can't say I have lost someone in the military, but I can say that I lost my mother when I was 18. As if that weren't hard enough, a few years ago I lost my own brother, my only other blood related sibling, my role model, my best friend. I watched him suffer for over 2 years. His highs, and his lows. From having control, to having none. From getting dressed every day, to laying on the floor, unable to stand his last 3 months, wearing a diaper because he had a hole the size of a golf ball under his pelvic bone where the cancer ate through. I changed him, cleaned him, and cried with him. We had both watched his cancer wither him away to nothing. I watched him cry when he stepped outside for the first time in 5 months. And I watched him die.

It fucking sucks. It hurts. I feel like, what could possibly be worse right?

But I still take time to sympathize for others, regardless of how easy I feel they have it. Everyone has their own struggles and battles. And I know that every time I hear of someone going through some of what I went through.... Even if it's just a fraction of it... I take time to reflect on what my brother went through, and I sympathize for those people. Had I not been hurt myself, I might not have the capability to relate to other people for their loss. My brothers suffering taught me how to sympathize, and care.

My brother would not want me to "care less" about other people's situations when they are going through a tough time... Would yours?

Again, no disrespect. Just trying to give you another perspective to consider, from a fellow man whom also lost his brother & best friend.

No disrespect taken. I wasn't clear enough, I don't care less, I just don't view things with as much severity any longer. As far as I am concerned the emotional roller coaster we went through as a family when Michael was killed was by far the worst thing I or anyone in my family had ever experienced. Everything else we have had to deal with has been a cake walk in comparison. I do not feel like my hardships are more valid than others, just that it can always be worse. How I viewed the world changed dramatically and quickly, what I see as important isn't what I saw as important 4-5 years ago.

Clearly conveying what I mean isn't easy for me to put into words. Every situation is different and people handle them differently.

[TeeShock]

My post was a, albeit juvenile, play on words, not any kind of personal attack. Some of you are way too butthurt over nothing.

You were laughing with him. Not at him.

[Forever_frost]

Fuck the medal, all permanently injured or death should be rewarded with at least a 2 million dollar severance package. (no pun intended) We spend way more than that per day during war.

With dough like that I could get a cow skin rug

[dsrtuckteezy]

My post was a, albeit juvenile, play on words, not any kind of personal attack. Some of you are way too butthurt over nothing.

ha, ive seen you get ass hurt on here many times.

[Big A]

ha, ive seen you get ass hurt on here many times.

I don't deny getting a bit miffed a time or two, but it has always been personal in nature, and not in reference to comments about some news story or person that I don't know. I've actually pointed out more than once, the duality of the board, 3 pages of puns when someone's wife cuts of his balls, but now THIS story is off limits. We laugh at stars ODing, but when a member kills himself not a single off color comment is tolerated.

That aside, when I read the original story, I first thought of the grenade scene in Captain America, and how that made me feel. My comment was a play on words, nothing more.