Mikhail Kalashnikov Dead: Inventor of AK-47 Dies at 94

[Karee 4,191]

Something else interesting...any average 6 year old in Ukraine can tell you what an AK47 is, who designed it, what a T-34 is, what an IL-2 is, what a PPSh is....they can tell you who Marshall Georgi Zhukov was. Oh, just any little kid can tell you all about the zombie killers.

I knew what an F-15, an M-16, who George Patton was etc. etc. when I was a kid. BFD.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Military education is not limited to totalitarian regimes. Many constitutional democracies also do drill and ceremonies as a way to instill discipline and patriotism. The US was that way as well when I was growing up. Now that the hippies have taken over the schools, it has become politically incorrect to be a patriotic citizen prepared to confront the godless commie invaders. Who remembers the civil defense drills once a month in public schools?

[Karee 4,191]

Military education is not limited to totalitarian regimes. Many constitutional democracies also do drill and ceremonies as a way to instill discipline and patriotism. The US was that way as well when I was growing up. Now that the hippies have taken over the schools, it has become politically incorrect to be a patriotic citizen prepared to confront the godless commie invaders. Who remembers the civil defense drills once a month in public schools?

I remember having to pledge allegiance to the flag every morning. Looking back on it, it seems kinda weird. Although at the time I didn't know what the hell it meant anyway.

[CarlosAndSveta 808]

Of course she was! They all were. Though Alla had to use the older SKS rifle in her training...she was in Ukraine, they got 2nd string rifles. Later, in college she used the AK and also was trained with RPGs. These women are not for beginners!

My wife was born and raised in Stalingrad (now Volgograd), the site of one of the bloodiest battles on the Eastern Front. I asked her if she had received any military training in school, specifically, how to disassemble and reassemble a Kalashnikov. She said no. I asked my step-daughter the same question and she said no. She asked me why I wanted to know and I told her that you were claiming that all women in the Soviet Union were trained on how to use rifles. Her response was that you were full of $hit.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

My wife was born and raised in Stalingrad (now Volgograd), the site of one of the bloodiest battles on the Eastern Front. I asked her if she had received any military training in school, specifically, how to disassemble and reassemble a Kalashnikov. She said no. I asked my step-daughter the same question and she said no. She asked me why I wanted to know and I told her that you were claiming that all women in the Soviet Union were trained on how to use rifles. Her response was that you were full of $hit.

Smart girl.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I remember having to pledge allegiance to the flag every morning. Looking back on it, it seems kinda weird. Although at the time I didn't know what the hell it meant anyway.

Visiting my future wife in the Philippines, they played the National Anthem every morning and public prayer three times a day, not just in the schools, but in many workplaces and public venues. They also did military training in the schools twice a week.

[Karee 4,191]

Visiting my future wife in the Philippines, they played the National Anthem every morning and public prayer three times a day, not just in the schools, but in many workplaces and public venues. They also did military training in the schools twice a week.

Yeah in Thailand they play the national anthem every day at 8 am and 6 pm and I think your supposed to stop whatever your doing at the time. They also play a short video with a song before every movie at the cinema about the king. You're supposed to stand up for that. I read about a guy that refused to stand up a few years ago, and they threw him in jail over it.

Actually here's the story:

Facing 15 years in jail, the Thai who wouldn't stand during the royal anthem

A Thai man who refused to stand during the royal anthem before a movie last year could face 15 years in jail after being charged with insulting the monarchy.

"Not standing is no crime," Chotisak Onsoong, 27, told reporters outside the Bangkok police station to which he had been summoned to appear.

"I would like to stress that what I did was not intended to insult or express vengeance to the king," he added, saying he was simply expressing his right to freedom of expression.

A song and video espousing the virtues of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, whom many Thais regard as semi-divine, is played before every movie-screening. Cinema-goers are told to stand for the anthem.

However, Chotisak's decision to remain seated - only a year after an overtly royalist military coup - caused a stir in the cinema, with several movie-goers showering him with abuse, popcorn and bottles of water.

One man was so incensed he ended up scuffling with Chotisak in the aisle before the pair were separated by police.

The man subsequently filed a complaint against Chotisak, a prominent campaigner against the September 2006 coup.

Thailand's lese majeste laws are among the toughest in the world, but are open to abuse since a complaint can be filed by anybody.

They were a regular feature of the charged political atmosphere that preceded the coup, although cases rarely advanced as far as the formal laying of charges.

The only case that did go the distance was that of a 57-year-old Swiss man who received ten years in jail in March 2007 for daubing six pictures of Bhumibol with black paint during a drunken rampage on the monarch's birthday.

Bhumibol, 80, who has said he is not above criticism, pardoned Oliver Rudolf Jufer but not before he had spent four months in jail. Jufer, a long-term resident of Thailand, was deported.

Source:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-561264/Facing-15-years-jail-Thai-wouldnt-stand-royal-anthem.html

[Ban Hammer 13,597]

Long range, I'd actually take my Swiss K31 over an AR.

i'll take my 1903a3

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

A Ruger M77 chambered in ,338 WinMag would reach out, and put the hurt on.

[Neonred 3,654]

Gary said:

The population of St Petersburg when the siege began was 2.5 million, when it ended...less than 500,000....

My wife's grandmother was part of that group. She was lucky and gave up everything of value to get out of St Petersburg before she was killed or starved. She did not know where she was going, and ended up in Kyrgystan, but she got out alive.

Edited December 25, 2013 by Neonred

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I remember having to pledge allegiance to the flag every morning. Looking back on it, it seems kinda weird. Although at the time I didn't know what the hell it meant anyway.

Kids still do that every day today.

[Karee 4,191]

Kids still do that every day today.

That seems wrong to me for some reason. Why should kids have to stand up and pledge allegiance to anything?

Edited December 25, 2013 by Karee

[luckytxn 2,265]

To impress on them the importance of allegiance and faith.

That seems wrong to me for some reason. Why should kids have to stand up and pledge allegiance to anything?

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

Kids still do that every day today.

Where?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Where?

In every public school. In fact, they did this in pre-school as well.