[geek]

When roleplaying goes horribly, horribly right:

critus zinged me for crossing up mistressbellona's superhero character (who is apparently made of charisma, cleavage, and burglary) with that of netgoth (who is a taxi-bot).

My character is a superpowered semi-retired hockey player. When accused by Gangbuster (critus) of being a clunkies-type, retaliation was swift and brutal.

"Hell, maybe Taxibot reminds him of his first Zamboni ride as a wee little tyke...
The fresh sheet of ice glistening, a mug of cocoa, the overwhelming thrill of the goal horn.... *unf*unf*unf*
Don't fuck with me, Gangbuster. I get weirder shit than you as a prize in my cereal box."

Support Our Troops - Shoot the C-I-C

The hideous truth, excerpted from http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/26/ap3958728.html:

"The medical evidence did not match up with the, with the scenario as described," a doctor who examined Tillman's body after he was killed on the battlefield in Afghanistan in 2004 told investigators.

The doctors - whose names were blacked out - said that the bullet holes were so close together that it appeared the Army Ranger was cut down by an M-16 fired from a mere 10 yards or so away.

Ultimately, the Pentagon did conduct a criminal investigation, and asked Tillman's comrades whether he was disliked by his men and whether they had any reason to believe he was deliberately killed. The Pentagon eventually ruled that Tillman's death at the hands of his comrades was a friendly-fire accident.

The medical examiners' suspicions were outlined in 2,300 pages of testimony released to the AP this week by the Defense Department in response to a Freedom of Information Act request.

Among other information contained in the documents:

_ In his last words moments before he was killed, Tillman snapped at a panicky comrade under fire to shut up and stop "sniveling."

_ Army attorneys sent each other congratulatory e-mails for keeping criminal investigators at bay as the Army conducted an internal friendly-fire investigation that resulted in administrative, or non-criminal, punishments.

_ The three-star general who kept the truth about Tillman's death from his family and the public told investigators some 70 times that he had a bad memory and couldn't recall details of his actions.

_ No evidence at all of enemy fire was found at the scene - no one was hit by enemy fire, nor was any government equipment struck.


Yeah. How 'bout them apples?

As critus put it, "hero cut down by enemy fire to poor guy hit by friendly fire to... asshole fragged by his own troops?"
etcet: yeah. ten meters? friendly fire? gee, he was critical of the occupation.... what's two plus two again?
etcet: that reads like he was fucking assassinated.