RickJ
10-31-2005, 09:04 PM
Marines are always taught
1) Keep your priorities in order and
2) Know when to act without hesitation.
A Marine was attending some college courses between assignments.
He had completed missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed
atheist and a member of the ACLU. One day he shocked the class
when he came in, looked to the ceiling, and flatly stated, "God, if you are
real, then I want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15
minutes." The lecture room fell silent. You could hear a pin drop. Ten
minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, "Here I am God. I'm still
waiting."
It got down to the last couple of minutes when the Marine got out of
his chair, went up to the professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him off
the platform. The professor was out cold. The Marine went back to his seat
and sat there, silently. The other students were shocked and stunned and
sat there looking on in silence.
The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken,
looked at the Marine and asked, "What the hell is the matter with
you? Why did you do that?" The Marine calmly replied, "God was too busy
today protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to
say stupid shit and act like an asshole.
So He sent me."
1) Keep your priorities in order and
2) Know when to act without hesitation.
A Marine was attending some college courses between assignments.
He had completed missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed
atheist and a member of the ACLU. One day he shocked the class
when he came in, looked to the ceiling, and flatly stated, "God, if you are
real, then I want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15
minutes." The lecture room fell silent. You could hear a pin drop. Ten
minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, "Here I am God. I'm still
waiting."
It got down to the last couple of minutes when the Marine got out of
his chair, went up to the professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him off
the platform. The professor was out cold. The Marine went back to his seat
and sat there, silently. The other students were shocked and stunned and
sat there looking on in silence.
The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken,
looked at the Marine and asked, "What the hell is the matter with
you? Why did you do that?" The Marine calmly replied, "God was too busy
today protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to
say stupid shit and act like an asshole.
So He sent me."