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Sdiver · 07-31-2016, 14:46

I know of the story and of the incident, especially after this scene from the movie Full Metal Jacket .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5IWK9sRYTs ...
but the one question I have, for those around at the time that it happened is, did the media play up the fact that Whitman was in the Marine Corps? Just like the media is playing up the fact that today's shooters were prior military, if not Islamic terrorists (which they're afraid to say) ...

I bring this up because after the recent Dallas shooting, all I saw leading the media's narrative, was that the shooter was a former soldier (USA).

Add to it, was there a media hysteria of the fact that Oswald was a prior Marine as well?

07-31-2016, 14:46	#4
Sdiver Area Commander Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The Black Hills of SD Posts: 5,944	I know of the story and of the incident, especially after this scene from the movie Full Metal Jacket .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5IWK9sRYTs ... but the one question I have, for those around at the time that it happened is, did the media play up the fact that Whitman was in the Marine Corps? Just like the media is playing up the fact that today's shooters were prior military, if not Islamic terrorists (which they're afraid to say) ... I bring this up because after the recent Dallas shooting, all I saw leading the media's narrative, was that the shooter was a former soldier (USA). Add to it, was there a media hysteria of the fact that Oswald was a prior Marine as well? __________________ Non Sibi Sed Suis _____________________________________________ It's Good To Be Da King !!!! Just ask NDD !!!!
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