When the whole Trijicon Jesus Code bruhaha hit, I got a good chuckle out of it, chalking it up to another manufactured media controversy that no real person would give a wet fart about. Surely, no serious human would be offended by a private company putting a subtle Christian message on their product. And certainly, such a person wouldn’t be a gun owner.
Granted, this faggotry did take place on Livejournal, so we have to grade on a curve for candyassedness, but c’mon!
Religion has no place in the military, the public education system, or any federally-funded institution of any kind. Period. I don’t give a shit if the Founding Fathers were Christian, Mason, or Scientologist. I don’t even particularly care about the specific semantics of the concept of establishment or free exercise. This is America, and it’s a secular country. We do not put religion in our government, even if that one idiotic phrase refuses to be removed from our money.
I think someone needs to inform the Marines! They need to change their song! Not only is the lack of balls disconcerting, but this statement is historically inaccurate and ignorant of tradition. There is no constitutional separation of church and state! Look it up!
This snide, asinine, lawyerly imposition of anti-religion is insulting and disrespectful to the traditions of this nation, and I say that as a lifelong atheist. If you’re such a thin skinned coward that you can’t abide by a tiny, hard to read inscription on the best goddamned intermediate ranged combat optic ever invented, then sell your guns, turn in your needle-dick and move to France.
Get the fuck off my team.
Alan | 21-Jan-10 at 6:11 pm | Permalink
Good luck taking religion out of the military.
I can just see a Marine in a fighting hole hunkering down during a artillery barrage not praying because it’s illegal.
Can’t you?
Everyone gets religion when the bullets start flying at you.
Newbius | 21-Jan-10 at 7:14 pm | Permalink
“Get the fuck off my team”.
Not much more to say after that. :D
Someone please remind all of the military chaplains that they are in violation of the “Separation of Church and State” (which is itself a fallacy) and should all turn in their crosses and retire (without pension).
The Anti-Christian Litigation Union will be wanting to file suit next against Trijicon for daring to have beliefs while being a government contractor.
Don Gwinn | 21-Jan-10 at 9:04 pm | Permalink
Alan, I don’t like to be the drudge, but . . . . that’s not true, and you should know it. “Everybody gets religion when . . . ” statements are always suspect.
As for the Trijicon kerfuffle, I keep telling people that my dad has “METHODIST” stamped right on his dog tags, but who could believe it?
Gudis | 21-Jan-10 at 9:08 pm | Permalink
Yeah, it doesn’t really offend my atheistic sensibilities considering the national fucking MOTTO is “In God we Trust”.
Caleb | 22-Jan-10 at 10:17 am | Permalink
Tell me how you really feel, pdb.
Marco | 22-Jan-10 at 1:03 pm | Permalink
Now our black-ops forces hunting werewolves and vampires in the Middle East will have one less effective weapon to use. Thanks mainstream media for getting rid of our Scope +1 Blessed Holy Weapons!
-Marco
TomcatsHanger | 22-Jan-10 at 2:06 pm | Permalink
I do believe I am missing a part of the reasoning the folks that are freaking out about this must be using.
References to the Bible piss off Muslims because it shows that there are Americans that are Christian?
Doesn’t that mean the only way to make those pissed off Muslims happy is to stop being Christian completely?
If the Muslim world is pissed off because of Bible references, the problem ain’t the references to the Bible.
The Old Man | 22-Jan-10 at 3:36 pm | Permalink
Tell the needle-dicked bug-humper to blame the contracting officer. I’m sure that for a mere $2K/unit or so above the Commercial Off The Shelf price Trijicon would have been very happy to run off a special secular scope so no panties would have been wadded. Of course, it wouldn’t be COTS hardware due to the specification, but why let reality intrude into his happy place?
topofthechain | 23-Jan-10 at 8:06 am | Permalink
I don’t find all that surprising. People do not live their lives in a vacuum. With the religious compartment of their life in storage while the soldier part of their life goes about it’s business. The militry employs chaplains, priests, and any other number of religious clergy to attend to the spiritual needs of their members. Our own congress is lead in prayer every morning they are in session. No, to deny that because you work for the government, you need to shut off that part of your life, I take issue with.
Jay G. | 25-Jan-10 at 10:26 am | Permalink
I would posit that pissing off our muslim enemies would be a feature, not a bug…
Raph84 | 05-Feb-10 at 12:15 pm | Permalink
I have no problem with a private company writing whatever the hell they want on their product. If it is a good/the best product the military should buy it (I don’t care if it says “built to kill capitalist pig-dogs” we should use what works)
I do however believe in the wall between church and state (and I think Jefferson would disagree with your notion that it’s not in the constitution)
http://www.usconstitution.net/jeffwall.html
There hasn’t been a public servant of his caliber since.