I kinda figured it was fake, I was just passing it along because I thought it was funny.
At 11:03 AM 12/4/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Nick, > >You have been had by an urban legend. In other words, this is pure and utter >BS. The interview never happened. Check out >http://www.snopes2.com/military/reinwald.htm for more information. > >Also I did a search on the NPR site for that interview. Unless the interview >happened before 1990 it did not happen. Here's the response from the NPR >search engine: > >Your search for "Reinwald" matched 0 out of 94675 documents. > >You should check things out a bit more before blindly relaying an urban >legend. > >larry > >-- >Larry C. Lyons >ColdFusion/Web Developer >EBStor.com >8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 >Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 >tel: (703) 393-7930 >fax: (703) 393-2659 >Web: http://www.ebstor.com > http://www.pacel.com >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. >-- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 10:47 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Semper Fi > > > > > > This is great > > > > -- > > > > Marine Corps General Reinwald was interviewed on radio the > > other day and > > you have to read his reply to the lady who interviewed him > > concerning guns > > and children. Regardless of how you feel about gun laws, you > > gotta love > > this!!!! > > > > This is one of the best comeback lines of all time. It is a > > portion of a > > National Public Radio (NPR)interview between a female > > broadcaster and US > > Marine Corps General Reinwald who was about to sponsor a Boy > > Scout Troop > > visiting his military installation. > > > > FEMALE INTERVIEWER: So, General Reinwald, what things are > > you going to > > teach these young boys when they visit your base? > > > > GENERAL REINWALD: We're going to teach them climbing, canoeing, > > archery,and shooting. > > > > FEMALE INTERVIEWER: Shooting! That's a bit irresponsible, isn't it? > > > > GENERAL REINWALD: I don't see why, they'll be properly > > supervised on the > > rifle range. > > > > FEMALE INTERVIEWER: Don't you admit that this is a terribly dangerous > > activity to be teaching children? > > > > GENERAL REINWALD: I don't see how. We will be teaching them > > proper rifle > > discipline before they even touch a firearm. > > > > FEMALE INTERVIEWER: But you're equipping them to become > > violent killers!! > > > > GENERAL REINWALD: Well, you're equipped to be a prostitute, > > but you're not > > one, are you? > > > > The radio went silent and the interview ended. All over > > America, people > > were thinking: Semper Fi, Marine!! > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
