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Iwasthere

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3. Remember Arlo Guthries "Alice's restaurant"? It's not always Patriotism imo

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Apr 14, 2023, 01:57 PM

Apr 2023

Many military sign ups have dark roots, imo. Here's The part where Arlo's in the recruiting office:

"And I went up there, I said, "Shrink, I want to kill. I mean, I wanna, I
Wanna kill. Kill. I wanna, I wanna see, I wanna see blood and gore and
Guts and veins in my teeth. Eat dead burnt bodies. I mean kill, Kill,
KILL, KILL."

And I started jumpin' up and down, yellin' "KILL! Kill!" and he started
Jumpin' up and down with me, and we was both jumpin' up and down, yellin'
"Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!" and the sergeant came over, pinned a medal on me
Sent me down the hall, said "You're our boy".

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Remember Arlo Guthries "Alice's restaurant"? It's not always Patriotism imo Iwasthere Apr 2023 #3

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