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So apparently the Air Force had a guy die after falling to death in a pointless fast rope demonstration, the game still went on, and the Navy honored his loss by losing the game. (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 63 points 9 hours ago (8 children)

Even though this guy is a certified hog the fact it only delayed the game for 10 minutes while everyone in the crowd watched a guy die in front of them makes me feel sad anyway. Life and death reduced to a minor inconvenience

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  • [–] 23 points 7 hours ago*

    imo, it's a calculated decision by leadership. the purpose of the spectacle is to distract and deflect examination of leadership. to have this happen within the focal point of the spectacle invites examination of leadership, so it must be disregarded and the show must go on.

    they don't even have the benefit of it being a moment hijacked by "terrorists" where they can create an enemy. it's just literally "this is how incompetent the people in power are. we will sacrifice our devotees for less than nothing." the longer the moment lasts the more dangerous it is.

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  • [–] 54 points 9 hours ago (5 children)

    Yea if you take a step back and strip it of the military context it's absolutely horrific that someone died in front of thousands of people and they still went forward with the game. So little value put on human life even in the face of such a public death.

    But he was a troop and it was a troop football game so shrug-outta-hecks

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  • [–] 44 points 8 hours ago (1 child)

    They earnestly wanted to livestream shooting a defenseless man in a wheelchair for entertainment. They still want to shoot him btw, just without a camera rolling.

    This shit's nothing in comparison.

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  • [–] 17 points 7 hours ago

    That's what I mean, if this was a case of Joe Shmo Civilian dying during the opening ceremonies of a random football game (even though the average football game is already a militarized propaganda event but ignore that for now) it would be horrifying to hear the game went ahead with barely a delay, but it was a member of the military eating shit and dying before the Most Military Football Game they hold so it just ends up being yet another perfect encapsulation of america

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  • [–] [S] 40 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

    This says a lot about our society (legitimately).

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