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[quote="Kaharz"] Some who were wounded in combat even tried to avoid being awarded the purple heart* because they considered it the "You fucked up medal."[/quote]
I know a lot of soldiers during the Vietnam War didn't want it because they knew so many of their brethren who'd been injured far worse but hadn't been seen by a passing major or something.

I'd be proud to receive the Purple Heart because it means I didn't die. Of course, I'd rather just stay behind my computer screen for the rest of my days.

[quote="Lethal Interjection"][quote="Dead on teh inside"]the old the last person you want in the army (your squad) is someone who believes in the afterlife[/quote]

Why?[/quote]

I have never heard this saying, but I'm guessing it refers to not wanting someone who believes so strongly in the afterlife and martyrdom that they would actually desire dying at the hands of the heathen enemy and receiving their place in the afterlife as a martyr. Basically the stereotype of the religiously motivated suicide bomber.

I've known a lot of US soldiers and even the ones who were very religious never seemed to express the idea that dying in combat would earn them some kind of heavenly reward. Probably partly because even if they thought God was on their side and enemy were a bunch heathen sinners, they still recognized they were solider of the state, not the church. All the religious ones were were also Christians and it has been a while since the mainstream Christian churches really pushed the idea of holy war. It may also be that any bravado aside, none of them felt good about killing people. I'm just guessing though, I never actually asked any of them. They were mostly interested in not going to war in the first place and if they had to, not getting shot or blown up. Some who were wounded in combat even tried to avoid being awarded the purple heart* because they considered it the "You fucked up medal."

[size=85]*The purple heart is a medal awarded to US soldiers for being wounded or killed in combat in case the context didn't give that away. Some soldiers are very proud of receiving it.[/size]

[quote="Dead on teh inside"][quote="Guest"]Meh. It plays off a similar idea, but one is more related to childlike innocence about the concept of death. Honestly, even if Zach did copy I think he made it better, so kudos on that.[/quote]

the old the last person you want in the army (your squad) is someone who believes in the afterlife[/quote]
Ah, but unfortunately there [i]aren't any atheists in foxholes[/i].

[quote="Dead on teh inside"][quote="Guest"]Meh. It plays off a similar idea, but one is more related to childlike innocence about the concept of death. Honestly, even if Zach did copy I think he made it better, so kudos on that.[/quote]

the old the last person you want in the army (your squad) is someone who believes in the afterlife[/quote]

Why?

[quote="Guest"]Meh. It plays off a similar idea, but one is more related to childlike innocence about the concept of death. Honestly, even if Zach did copy I think he made it better, so kudos on that.[/quote]

the old the last person you want in the army (your squad) is someone who believes in the afterlife

I for one am outraged that every time Mr Wiener creates a comic strip he doesn't search through every other comic, novel, film and TV programme till he is sure nothing similar has been done before. I mean, he only does one of these a day. Is it too much to ask that each one is a thought that nobody has had before that is hilariously funny and has something interesting to say about the world? I could produce such a comic strip on a daily basis if I didn't have to spend my days snarking about other people's work on the Internet. I blame Mr Wiener for his failures meaning I have to spend time correcting them, and so the world is denied the benefit of what my art would have been,

He should create a comic strip about that but anyway I'm fairly sure it has been done, and it would be my idea here anyway, and it would be a bit rubbish and unfunny.

Family Guy already did it

[quote="Lethal Interjection"][quote="smiley_cow"]ALL IDEAS MUST BE COMPLETELY NEW AND INDEPENDENT OF ANY OTHER PREVIOUSLY EXISTING IDEAS EVER.[/quote]

Hey, I think I said that![/quote]
Pics or it didn't happen.

[quote="smiley_cow"]ALL IDEAS MUST BE COMPLETELY NEW AND INDEPENDENT OF ANY OTHER PREVIOUSLY EXISTING IDEAS EVER.[/quote]

Hey, I think I said that!

ALL IDEAS MUST BE COMPLETELY NEW AND INDEPENDENT OF ANY OTHER PREVIOUSLY EXISTING IDEAS EVER.

[quote="noone"]Are these 'Zach copied this unrelated comic' posts going to get more common? I hope not.[/quote]
Look, just because they deal with a similar subject matter doesn't mean they're the same asdgashfaskjgrhsg fkgasgh k awd vgkf kae fterhk OPDSH OQWG F BK uie sfkf g ah uspeot bndcnsd mh a,kmcn eop

Are these 'Zach copied this unrelated comic' posts going to get more common? I hope not.

really, a lot of people have this idea at some point. its more of a common idea than copied from that one comic

Meh. It plays off a similar idea, but one is more related to childlike innocence about the concept of death. Honestly, even if Zach did copy I think he made it better, so kudos on that.