NC Marine Says Offensive Song Wasn't Meant to Offend Anyone

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Sean Doherty I think that it is called freedom of speech. It shouldn't be taken for face value, that he is literally promoting the use of children to protect from hostile fire, and anyone who does take it literally and is offended should be used as a human shield because it is ludicrous to think that someone who is fighting for our country is unable to sing a satirical song. To further say that "How would Cpl. Belile’s family feel if he were killed and an Iraqi soldier wrote a humorous song about it? It’s a sad day indeed for our world if civilized people—particularly American soldiers—feel like laughing at a song about a child being killed." is just BS. He didn't write it about a real person. He wrote it to give our brave soldiers out there something to take their mind off of the war.

I think that Linda Orlando should practice something called giving a neutral stand point. Her article is so liberal and it completely slurs Cpl. Joshua Belile. She quotes him as saying

"This is in no way, shape or form related to the events that happened at Haditha." He said that the song was written long before the events happened and is completely fictional. "I think it was a joke that is trying to be taken seriously," he said. "I think it’s a joke, and anybody who tries to take it seriously knows it’s a joke. People can’t just laugh at it and let it go."

But than has the tenacity to belittle his statement with her own foul views of what she thinks this really is.

Linda-- you say that "It’s a sad day indeed for our world if civilized people—particularly American soldiers—feel like laughing at a song about a child being killed." But you are very wrong, for it is a sad day indeed for our world if civilized people—particularly American citizens—can not laugh at something. Humor is a great healing tool, you Linda, would be wise to find some.		 4/19/2009
Griffin h where is BOB 4/8/2009
D if you listen to the song you will know that he did not kill "the little sister" in fact the poor shooting by the "brother and father" led to her death. Maybe you should watch the video that was shown on CNN about a year ago of various soldiers being shot in the head and see if that makes you feel better...If you had any idea of what is like to walk down a street next to you best friend knowing that your purpose was to draw fire and then return fire you might then have some insight as to what it is like to be stressed out to the point that laughing about your misfortune saves you.. Or better yet lets see how you feel when your best friend is killed in front of you, meanwhile you are 2000 miles from your loved ones, have nobody to cry to, and no other way to vent your otherwise self-destructing feelings and then write an article... Or you can just say wow I didn't like that song I'll just turn it off and let others make their own decision... 3/7/2009
Ray Ret. Marine Screw you, Marines are shot at and cursed by the rag heads now one got a little jab in and all of a sudden we're mad at him I say write more songs like that and light up all the ragheads over there! 9/28/2006
tellis 1 that is something that should have stayed with thoes marines for thier eyes only they should have known that a marines humor is for other marines and that other people would not under stand 9/18/2006
Stuart R I think everyone needs to take a step back, extracate their head from whatever dark cranny in which it is currently lodged, and realize that freedom of speach (FOS) MUST reign supreme above all. No matter how objectionable, crass, or illconsidered. Hell for that matter no matter how popular. Without FOS, all other rights are window dressing; who cares if you can associate with whomever you want, if you can't say what you want, Who cares if you have a printing press, if you can't print what you want. The Marines have been fighting and dying defending these rights for commin up on 231 years, its about time one was protected by these rights while serving.

Thats the philosophical/ flagwaving opinion. Time now for the reality check.

Your 23, your in a high stress environment with few avenues for relief and NONE for escape. As a former Marine, I can VERY easily picture/remember hanging out in the barracks or the base club (something that probably does not exisit in Iraq - least not with alcohol anyway) during some down time, telling off color jokes and stories. What are the odds these guys 'objectify' women, what are the odds they blame the Iraqis for their current situation, what are the odds they refer to Iraqis as "Towel Heads", "Camel Jockeys", and "Sand Niggers" ( though not when there are any "Dark Green" Marines around.) I bet these buggers even use bad words.

Get a life, these are not the members of the Yale debate team, just like our 'president', though unlike him they have volunteered to lay their lives on the line and defend this country and its freedoms. Since the purpose of the complaint by the Council on American-Islamic Relations does not seem to center on entering any kind of debate on ANY issue, but rather on stifling the right of one soldier to speak his mind, I say lets ignore Ibraham Hooper and his organization, until such time as they learn what freedom is all about.

Though I defend his and their right to complain, there still wrong.		 7/29/2006
michael Barrack songs are usually gross and inappropriate. But they are usually reserved for the barracks. Belile's expoitation of the song is indeed both an insult to Iraqi civilians dying in the confict and the Marines themselves, portrayed as trigger-happy morons. 7/28/2006
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