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LanternWaste

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Fri Nov-02-07 03:10 PM
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89. I disagree....

I disagree.

I have a close friend who is a Marine. He and his service pals go out drinking and call each other "jarhead" all the time as a term of endearment.

However the two times I've seen non-Marines (one civilian and one in the US Navy) use that term, these guys went ballistic. I asked him why and he explained, "as Marines, we've earned the right to use it in front of each other. Once you do twelve weeks at Paris Island, feel free to yourself. But until then, if you use that word, pray I'm not around.

Not so much as double-standard, as it is an earned right.

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