Free Military T-Shirt

[guyver01]

Military.com

Down on the bottom left is the link for the free t-shirt...

ya gotta 'join' the site as a member, so might be a good deal for military peeps.

 

[dirkdaring]

I always wanted to join the military!

Dirk

 

[thereds]

Will they let me get a free t-shirt? I hold a foreign passport.

 

[In_Ur_Face]

abort abort captain!

"Build a thriving community on Military.com and receive one of our highly sought after, 100% cotton Tees. To receive a free t-shirt, build a community page and sign-up 10 members. T-shirts will be awarded to community page builders each month. "

geigh!


rm125

 

[ygreenkitty]

This one never came for me. Signed up twice.:disgust:

 

[vlad]

"He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder."

-- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

 

[Souka]

Erf...too much work.

Gotta fill out forms, sign up 10 more members, and build a "community page"....then MAYBE you'll get a t'shirt.

Good luck to those who try....make us proud!

 

[bcoombs]

Remember that Albert also enjoyed the freedoms that many "killers" lost their lives for. Shouldn't complain too much...

 

[Ranger X]

I received my Military t-shirt when the rules were different. Not worth creating a community for this t-shirt, IMHO.

 

[jhassi]

i agree with bcoombs, it's easy for Einstein to mock the military. Heck it just proves how free he was that he was able to say that and not be shot dead. He should have said "THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE FREEDOM TO HATE YOU!"

lol i love the way he says "I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action!" you know that's exactly what could happen if someone didn't fight for his freedom.

Hmm, he's willing to live free over the graves of so many that have died for him to live yet he mocks them, is their any irony in this?

wonder what he'd do if he was oppressed, i guess he'd sit their and take whatever punishment he was given or saw was being given to his family and friends since, obviously, standing up for yourself is wrong according to a genius like Einstein.

guess he wasn't so smart after all was he?

 

[HaVoC]

<< &quot;He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.&quot; >>

Sorry to continue this thread in off-topic direction, but this hit a nerve. If Einstein did indeed say this, then I just lost a lot of respect for the man. If man throughout history really followed the &quot;Peace Doves&quot; then we would all probably be living under tyranny because no one had the courage to shed blood in the name of freedom. The irony of being able to complain about war resulting from the act of war itself is quite a biting irony.

 

[vlad]

It's amazing how consistently people miss the point of so short and frank a statement. Please re-read it several times, and perhaps you will understand that he is indeed against war and going happily to kill them before they kill you. He hates the system,

And did everybody forget that Einstein immigrated from Germany? How about how he worked on the Manhattan project? Remember the good ol' Manhattan project? And if that was too long ago to remember, how about 'fighting for freedom' in Vietnam?

Forget it, it's a waste of typing when people respond with things such as &quot;guess he wasn't so smart after all was he?&quot;

Vlad

 

[zoiks]

whos albert einstein?

 

[PistachioByAzul]

And did everybody forget that Einstein immigrated from Germany?

No, that was kind of the point that people were making.

 

[Rainguy]

I wouldn't bother, I did this about 3 months ago and ordered an XL shirt and ended up getting a Large that shrunk after one wash to a Medium. It is very thin and cheap. :|

 

[Cyberian]

&quot;And did everybody forget that Einstein immigrated from Germany?&quot;
Actually, he emigrated from Germany and immigrated to the U.S.

&quot; How about how he worked on the Manhattan project? Remember the good ol' Manhattan project?&quot;

Didn't he work on this project?. I sure know what it is, but I don't remember its inception in the summer of '42. I guess you are older than we think you are.

&quot; And if that was too long ago to remember, how about 'fighting for freedom' in Vietnam?&quot;

I was there, bro. In the early stages of U.S. involvement the average 'grunt' thought he was serving his country.
Hindsight and retrospect are marvelous things!


At the risk of sounding like a 'Patriot'..........
If my Dad and many of his contemporaries had not enlisted on or shortly after 12/08/1941, we'd all be speaking Japanese or German and marching goose-step wearing brown shirts.

War sucks big-time, but is necessary on occasion.

 

[vlad]

Cyberian, come on, there is no need to take pot-shots at my post from personal convictions. I am an immigrant myself, so it was a bit shameful to make the mistake, but didn't we all get the meaning?

Anyway, your very last sentence matches almost exactly what Albert said. He despised the act and philosophy of war, yet he helped develop one of its most powerful weapons.

Oh, and I hope you aren't discouraging retrospect. You used it yourself!

Vlad

 

[bigern]

I got mine two months ago. Good quality, not like most of the crappy free t-shirts I get.

 

[Zorba]

&quot;How about how he worked on the Manhattan project?&quot;

I am pretty sure he is who actually got it started, with letters to FDR. Along with a couple other scientist of course.

bcoombs &amp; jhassi: Do you two know nothing about the man or what? He was a Jew in Germany when Hitler took over. He moved to the US, and help develop the Atomic bomb for use against Germany (although it wasn't done nor needed, so it was used on Japan). His quote is Anti-War/Human nature to create war, not against soldiers.

 

[littleman]

dont you have to refer 5 people