Id never fight in a war

[Annies_Beaver]

What about if Mel Gibson was prancing around in front of you on a horse in a short skirt and saying "every man dies; not every man really lives"? Would that not stir your heart to fight?

[Annies_Beaver]

Tom Cruise struggled with this exact issue in the cinematic classic "Born on the Fourth of July." The following dialog really helped to put the issue into perspective for me:

Tom Cruise: When I was in the hospital, I thought, yeah - yeah, this makes sense.
Timmy Burns: What makes sense?
Tom Cruise: Because I failed, Timmy.
Timmy Burns: What are you talking about?
Tom Cruise: Because I - I killed some - people; I made some terrible - mistakes!
Timmy Burns: Oh, for Christ's sake, Ronnie, we all made mistakes. I mean, you - you had no choice. That's something that those goddamn pansy demonstrators ain't never gonna understand! Now, you don't even have to talk about it, Ronnie; I mean, it was insane over there! It was crazy!
Tom Cruise: Sometimes I wish, I wish I'd - The first time I got hit, I was shot in the foot. I could have laid down, I mean - who gives a [censored] now if I was a hero or not? I was paralyzed, castrated that day; why? It was all so - stupid! I'd have my dick and my balls now, and some days, Timmy - some days I think I'd give everything I believe in - everything I got, all my values, just to have my body back again, just to be whole again. But I'm not whole; I never will be, and that's - that's the way it is, isn't it?
Timmy Burns: [after a slight pause] For Christ's sake, Ronnie, it's your birthday. You're alive. You made it! Smile.


There aren't any wars in the last half-century that I'd be willing to risk my dick and my balls for.

[ianlippert]

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What about if Mel Gibson was prancing around in front of you on a horse in a short skirt and saying "every man dies; not every man really lives"? Would that not stir your heart to fight?



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I'd probably pop a boner, a war boner for sure!