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(WTKR) Sappy Parents of fallen Navy SEAL who gave up career as artist to join SEAL Team 6 discover hidden treasure trove of over 150 of his paintings in their barn loft   (wtkr.com) divider line 76
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gopher321 [TotalFark]
2011-11-11 08:23:53 AM
Bad career choice, dude.
 
NewportBarGuy [TotalFark]
2011-11-11 09:18:22 AM
Amazing men those SEALs. Glad his parents found this. It's amazing how those elite units really do draw the best and brightest that we have to offer as a country. It's like the greatest challenge you can place on yourself and they'll be damned if anyone will tell them they can't do it.

RIP Frog Man.
 
cgraves67
2011-11-11 10:06:42 AM
That's a very sweet story. It's nice that he has a legacy.
 
KaiserRoll
2011-11-11 10:06:44 AM
Or great career choice... The value of his works just skyrocketed.
 
blueknight
2011-11-11 10:08:20 AM
RIP brave navy seal man...
 
0per
2011-11-11 10:08:53 AM
After I'm done with my selfish phase I'm joining the SEALs.
 
lobotomy survivor
2011-11-11 10:09:02 AM
You know who else worked as an artist before he decided it would be more fun to kill a while bunch of people?
 
somemoron
2011-11-11 10:09:57 AM
What a shiatty video. Stereo interviews? Really? Ooooohhh, fancy. And the advertisement beforehand was tasteless. I'd like to see the actual works, though.
 
lucksi
2011-11-11 10:10:10 AM
Isn't that a secret team? With a public roster or what?

/guess he liked killing more than painting
 
0per
2011-11-11 10:12:35 AM
BTW "career as an artist" hits my brain sideways.

I gave up my career as a X to become an artist. X=TBD

I'm still poor and wondering what I'm going to do when I grow up.
 
Baz the Spaz
2011-11-11 10:14:20 AM
Is it dusty in here?
 
bikerbob59
2011-11-11 10:16:20 AM
Looks like mom has had some work done...
 
AbbeySomeone
2011-11-11 10:16:55 AM
KaiserRoll: Or great career choice... The value of his works just skyrocketed.

Yep.

I'll save my rant against war or military deaths for another day.
 
thelordofcheese
2011-11-11 10:17:03 AM
I can see why it was hidden.
 
Lady Beryl Ersatz-Wendigo
2011-11-11 10:19:57 AM
lobotomy survivor: You know who else worked as an artist before he decided it would be more fun to kill a while bunch of people?

Leonardo Da Vinci?

/well he did design war machines
 
gregory311
2011-11-11 10:22:05 AM
Cool tag taking the day off in observance of Veterans Day, subby?
 
Eternal Virgin
2011-11-11 10:22:55 AM
His mom looks pretty hot for her age.
 
dothemath
2011-11-11 10:24:37 AM
www.wearysloth.com
His greatest work remains unfinished...
 
Silverstaff
2011-11-11 10:25:26 AM
Dangit,it's real dusty in here.

Good article for Veterans Day.
 
Probably_From_Texas
2011-11-11 10:25:45 AM
Damn, its dusty in here...
 
mrsirjojo
2011-11-11 10:26:48 AM
Interesting how we don't even notice the newspeak that permeates our lives.

Fallen? Oh, you mean DEAD.
 
cemsity
2011-11-11 10:26:49 AM
Ahh, the artsy sensitive type of SEAL. The one that can kill you in so many imanginative, and expressive ways.


/knew a green beret who was a folk singer when he wasn't doing green beret stuff. Pretty cool guy actually
 
Godscrack [TotalFark]
2011-11-11 10:28:52 AM
Amazing talent. What a shame.

This whole thing reminds me of the Pat Tillman story. What if the military found out he was the 'sensitive' type, being as talented as he was. The common low IQ mindset always pairs artists/creative people, especially men, as sensitive, free thinkers, liberal and probably atheist. Which naturally leads to assumptions of homosexuality.

And I'm not suggesting Pat Tillman was gay. I'm just pointing out a pattern of well known intolerance to people who are different, who happen to serve in the US Christian military.

Thank you for your service and body of work Joshua Harris. I wish you could have lived to reap the rewards of your rare talent.
 
skullkrusher
2011-11-11 10:28:59 AM
mrsirjojo: Interesting how we don't even notice the newspeak that permeates our lives.

Fallen? Oh, you mean DEAD.

yeah, I agree. English is too big.

Down with synonyms! DOWN WITH SYNONYMS!
 
iminurmicrowave
2011-11-11 10:33:24 AM
The dust...it burns my eyes...
 
GungFu
2011-11-11 10:33:29 AM
Godscrack: Amazing talent. What a shame.

This whole thing reminds me of the Pat Tillman story. What if the military found out he was the 'sensitive' type, being as talented as he was. The common low IQ mindset always pairs artists/creative people, especially men, as sensitive, free thinkers, liberal and probably atheist. Which naturally leads to assumptions of homosexuality.

And I'm not suggesting Pat Tillman was gay. I'm just pointing out a pattern of well known intolerance to people who are different, who happen to serve in the US Christian military.

Thank you for your service and body of work Joshua Harris. I wish you could have lived to reap the rewards of your rare talent.


You sound gay, dude.

NTTAWWT
 
Great_Milenko
2011-11-11 10:34:24 AM
gopher321: Bad career choice, dude.

I don't know. Did you see that "art"?
 
StopLurkListen
2011-11-11 10:35:57 AM
Happy Veterans' Day. Thank you!
 
irgunner
2011-11-11 10:37:57 AM
Mysterious symbols and pointed crowns? Sounds like his "folks" didn't know about another club he was a part of.
 
big pig peaches
2011-11-11 10:39:40 AM
How much do you want to be that he hid all those paintings in the barn because his father disapproved of him being an artist.
 
Fano
2011-11-11 10:41:04 AM
They found the Hellfish Bonanza?
 
goddamndroogs!
2011-11-11 10:53:01 AM
PICS OR GTFO?
 
CygnusDarius [TotalFark]
2011-11-11 10:54:17 AM
So, he was going with the warrior-philosopher thing?.
 
goddamndroogs!
2011-11-11 10:57:43 AM
OH okay saw the video now, thought it was another advertisement.
 
blahpers
2011-11-11 10:57:43 AM
NewportBarGuy: Amazing men those SEALs. Glad his parents found this. It's amazing how those elite units really do draw the best and brightest that we have to offer as a country.

And kill them.
 
atomic-age
2011-11-11 10:57:52 AM
That was one hellishly poorly written article. Does no one understand the use of quotation marks anymore?
 
dosboot
2011-11-11 11:00:05 AM
atomic-age: That was one hellishly poorly written article. Does no one understand the use of quotation marks anymore?

Tru Dat"
 
Cyno01 [TotalFark]
2011-11-11 11:01:26 AM
On my phone so not watching the video, but are the paintings any good?
 
smrtone
2011-11-11 11:03:04 AM
Not to be too much of a snark, but where can you drown during combat operations in Afghanistan?
 
PYROY [TotalFark]
2011-11-11 11:15:34 AM
gopher321: Bad career choice, dude.

Especially since he couldn't swim.
 
KaiserRoll
2011-11-11 11:16:30 AM
Lady Beryl Ersatz-Wendigo: lobotomy survivor: You know who else worked as an artist before he decided it would be more fun to kill a while bunch of people?

Leonardo Da Vinci?

/well he did design war machines

In his defense, none of them actually worked.
 
Man_Without_A_Hat
2011-11-11 11:24:45 AM
"drowned on a combat mission in Afghanistan "

No one else thinks this is odd or fishy? It's Afghanistan, for christ's sake.
 
Aidan
2011-11-11 11:25:45 AM
KaiserRoll: Lady Beryl Ersatz-Wendigo: lobotomy survivor: You know who else worked as an artist before he decided it would be more fun to kill a while bunch of people?

Leonardo Da Vinci?

/well he did design war machines

In his defense, none of them actually worked.

Well of course they're not gonna work right when you leave one piece out of the reflective conductor core. Sheesh!
 
patentguy
2011-11-11 11:26:06 AM
smrtone: Not to be too much of a snark, but where can you drown during combat operations in Afghanistan?

River. http://bostonmaggie.blogspot.com/2008/09/navy-seal-po1-joshua-harris-k illed-in.html
 
Patriot96B
2011-11-11 11:26:21 AM
KaiserRoll: Lady Beryl Ersatz-Wendigo: lobotomy survivor: You know who else worked as an artist before he decided it would be more fun to kill a while bunch of people?

Leonardo Da Vinci?

/well he did design war machines

In his defense, none of them actually worked.

I thought he designed the "modern" trebuchet? My history is rusty, I could be wrong.
 
beta_plus
2011-11-11 11:35:03 AM
Check out Discovery's Surviving the Cut on Netflix streaming - it doesn't follow Navy SEALs but it does show many of the lesser heralded training schools for US Special Forces. The tryouts are hellacious no matter what you do. My personal favorites were the Air Force ParaRescue - medics who will go to the ends of the earth under the most awful conditions to save their comerades and can kill you six ways before you hit the ground.
 
Godscrack [TotalFark]
2011-11-11 11:37:53 AM
GungFu: You sound gay, dude.

Good.
 
smazzocity
2011-11-11 11:48:58 AM
Dammit.

/Taps
 
Mixolydian Master [TotalFark]
2011-11-11 11:52:29 AM
Thank you for your service and all that. The art however was complete crap. I wouldn't hang that up on my wall if until threats of violence on my family were thrown around. I guess this is the part where I tell the thread that the onionjuice on my hands is making my asshole cry. Or looking at the "art". One of them made me all weepy.
 
andyofne
2011-11-11 11:56:01 AM
lucksi: Isn't that a secret team? With a public roster or what?

/guess he liked killing more than painting

fark you.
 
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