Something you don't see everyday... with pic!

[Don Vito Corleone]

In the interest of accuracy, he is a marine and not a soldier.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: Don_Vito
In the interest of accuracy, he is a marine and not a soldier.

You get a better reaction from Marines by calling them Naval Infantry.

 

[Thraxen]

1. One who serves in an army.
2. An enlisted person or a noncommissioned officer.
3. An active, loyal, or militant follower of an organization

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Didn't the Scotts/Brits use Bagpipes to scare the hell out of their enemy?

The Scots Guard were led into battle by a piper. Historically it has scared the poop out of the enemy for one of two reasons: 1. you never heard a pipe before and the sound scares you. 2. it means the Scots Guard is coming to kick your ass

 

[Bassyhead]

Originally posted by: OulOat
A black soldier fighting in Iraq... wearing a kilt... playing a bagpipe... in Iraq...

pic

(not a insult, just doesn't fit the image of the sterotypical fat white Scottish bagpiper)

how do you know he's wearing a kilt? i dont see one

 

[ThePresence]

Calm down with the race stuff. The guy addressed the issue himself:

Farr, an African-American from Detroit, was inspired to learn when he saw another player who didn't match the Scotsman stereotype.
"I was at a funeral and I saw a Marine playing the bagpipes, and I thought, this isn't a big, burly, redheaded guy with a ponytail and a big stomach. He's a small Hispanic Marine. I said if he can learn to play the bagpipes, I can learn," he said, chuckling.

Link

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: Feldenak

Originally posted by: Don_Vito
In the interest of accuracy, he is a marine and not a soldier.

You get a better reaction from Marines by calling them Naval Infantry.

HAHAHAHAH ill remember that for a few of the ex-marines here at work. heheheheh god thats good.

 

[shimsham]

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Farr, an African-American from Detroit, was inspired to learn when he saw another player who didn't match the Scotsman stereotype.
"I was at a funeral and I saw a Marine playing the bagpipes, and I thought, this isn't a big, burly, redheaded guy with a ponytail and a big stomach. He's a small Hispanic Marine. I said if he can learn to play the bagpipes, I can learn," he said, chuckling.
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RACIST!!

 

[OulOat]

Originally posted by: shimsham
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Farr, an African-American from Detroit, was inspired to learn when he saw another player who didn't match the Scotsman stereotype.
"I was at a funeral and I saw a Marine playing the bagpipes, and I thought, this isn't a big, burly, redheaded guy with a ponytail and a big stomach. He's a small Hispanic Marine. I said if he can learn to play the bagpipes, I can learn," he said, chuckling.
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RACIST!!

Oh no, he just racist himself, ATOT is going to implode!

 

[CtK]

Originally posted by: Bassyhead

Originally posted by: OulOat
A black soldier fighting in Iraq... wearing a kilt... playing a bagpipe... in Iraq...

pic

(not a insult, just doesn't fit the image of the sterotypical fat white Scottish bagpiper)

how do you know he's wearing a kilt? i dont see one

 

[Nanotech]

Originally posted by: DrNoobie
Bagpipes are the best sounding instrument in the world. From no other can you have lively jigs or a mournful funeral song.

Excellent point, Dr.

 

[OulOat]

Originally posted by: CtK

Originally posted by: Bassyhead

Originally posted by: OulOat
A black soldier fighting in Iraq... wearing a kilt... playing a bagpipe... in Iraq...

pic

(not a insult, just doesn't fit the image of the sterotypical fat white Scottish bagpiper)

how do you know he's wearing a kilt? i dont see one

From the article on the side

When he is not on the front-line, Farr wears a kilt when playing, and some Marines have been skeptical about a member of one of the toughest fighting forces in the world donning what looks like a skirt.

But Farr is unfazed. He's looking for a desert camouflage kilt he can wear in operations like these.

"Kilts are something that fighting men wore many years ago, and we know that the Marines are fighting men. So real men wear kilts. And they are pretty comfortable too," he said.

 

[shimsham]

id wear a kilt everday if i could.

 

[thomsbrain]

haggis isn't as bad as one might think but it's not that good either.

bagpipes kick butt.

there are black people in scotland. deal with it.

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
What does his race have to do with ANYTHING? I am SO SICK of everyone making a point to describe the race of whoever is in the news. Jesus, people... :|

and im sick of people like you who think its racism for even mentioning somebodys race. It is the first time for me to see a black man play the pipes.

Does it MATTER to you that he's black? Are you like WOW HE'S BLACK! OMFG!

I'm not screaming racism. I'm screaming perpetuation of the racist instead of completely ignoring race. If everybody would just completely ignore the fact that people have different skin colors, maybe those who are extremely racist will just lay down and die.

it's just unusual to see a black dude playing the bagpipe. That's all. Get over it. There's a German saying: You make an elephant from a mouse.