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(Daily Mail) Hero Army medic becomes first female soldier to kill in combat. "It was him or me"   (dailymail.co.uk) divider line 174
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feckingmorons [TotalFark]
2011-12-04 10:14:07 PM
Speaking about being forced to choose between his life or her own, she said: 'Faced with the choice of him or me, I chose me.'

Good choice.

We shouldn't kill people if it can be avoided, but you don't have to let people kill you.
 
2wolves [TotalFark]
2011-12-04 10:15:12 PM
"first female soldier to kill in combat"

No.
 
Benevolent Misanthrope [TotalFark]
2011-12-04 10:25:23 PM
2wolves: "first female soldier to kill in combat"

No.

Definitely no.
 
John Paul Jones [TotalFark]
2011-12-04 10:28:40 PM
Nice bicycle.
 
GAT_00 [TotalFark]
2011-12-04 10:28:49 PM
Benevolent Misanthrope: 2wolves: "first female soldier to kill in combat"

No.

Definitely no.

Yeah, that can't possibly be close to true, even for Her Majesty's armies.
 
feckingmorons [TotalFark]
2011-12-04 11:09:22 PM
2wolves: "first female soldier to kill in combat"

No.


From the UK, they prefer to just give them a stern talking to.
 
dj_bigbird [TotalFark]
2011-12-04 11:21:29 PM
Did anyone notice she's kind of hawt?
 
cmunic8r99 [TotalFark]
2011-12-04 11:23:07 PM
Benevolent Misanthrope: 2wolves: "first female soldier to kill in combat"

No.

Definitely no.

Very definitely no. (new window).
 
GAT_00 [TotalFark]
2011-12-04 11:33:00 PM
cmunic8r99: Benevolent Misanthrope: 2wolves: "first female soldier to kill in combat"

No.

Definitely no.

Very definitely no. (new window).

I don't know if you notice, but the Daily Fail was writing about a British medic, and I assume the article was only referring to the British Armed Forces.

Besides, the Russians had some very good women snipers.
 
SchlingFocker [TotalFark]
2011-12-04 11:59:49 PM
Benevolent Misanthrope: Definitely no.

Hell to the no.

Even in the 20th century, some of the best snipers were women.
 
xl5150
2011-12-05 12:32:10 AM
Too bad she didn't focus on doing better in high school, then maybe she could have gotten into college and not been put into that position.
 
Nina_Hartley's_Ass
2011-12-05 12:51:59 AM
Took her seven shots to hit a guy FIFTY FEET away? With a RIFLE?
Should've just thrown her purse at him!

/i keed
 
Paris1127 [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 01:10:01 AM
cmunic8r99: Benevolent Misanthrope: 2wolves: "first female soldier to kill in combat"

No.

Definitely no.

Very definitely no. (new window).

There was an army of women (new window), mustered by a pair of sisters, who rebelled against the Chinese in the 1st Century... Some women in the army gave birth on the battlefield... And this is off the top of my head, there are probably examples from even earlier...
 
HawgWild [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 01:15:31 AM
I'd rather she be in the kitchen making me a killer sammich ...
 
Dead for Tax Reasons [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 01:20:32 AM
That my friend is a clear cut case of him or me. And you best believe it ain't gonna be me
 
cmunic8r99 [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 01:23:56 AM
Paris1127: cmunic8r99: Benevolent Misanthrope: 2wolves: "first female soldier to kill in combat"

No.

Definitely no.

Very definitely no. (new window).

There was an army of women (new window), mustered by a pair of sisters, who rebelled against the Chinese in the 1st Century... Some women in the army gave birth on the battlefield... And this is off the top of my head, there are probably examples from even earlier...

I know, but I remembered this one's name.
 
jaylectricity [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 01:35:46 AM
So you're telling me that no woman before this woman has ever killed a soldier. That doesn't sound right.

Benevolent Misanthrope: 2wolves: "first female soldier to kill in combat"

No.

Definitely no.

Oh, OK, thanks.
 
Stoutpants
2011-12-05 02:00:07 AM
Paris1127: cmunic8r99: Benevolent Misanthrope: 2wolves: "first female soldier to kill in combat"

No.

Definitely no.

Very definitely no. (new window).

There was an army of women (new window), mustered by a pair of sisters, who rebelled against the Chinese in the 1st Century... Some women in the army gave birth on the battlefield... And this is off the top of my head, there are probably examples from even earlier...

Giving birth on the battlefield? What were they dwarfs?

/hopefully not obscure
 
namatad [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 02:17:36 AM
cmunic8r99: Very definitely no. (new window).

Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester is the first female soldier since World War II to receive the Silver Star medal for valor in combat

so clearly a female soldier got the silver star in WWII ...
my guess is that we need to go back to the beginning of time and the first war.
Here is a question for the bible thumpers: When was the first war?

(everything is in the bible right?? and there wasnt any history before the bible ...)
 
cameroncrazy1984 [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 03:31:32 AM
Uh. Joan of Arc would like a word?
 
some.old.lady. [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 04:04:20 AM
FTA: "He knows the odds are that he is about to die, but continues to fire elaborate drug-crazed bursts from his AK-47.''

Elaborate? Description of weapon usage?

Drug-crazed? She knew this, how?

He knows the odds? She is privy to his thoughts?

:: walking off, muttering, facepalm ::
 
doglover [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 04:11:21 AM
Lame fake record is lame and fake.

It's neat that a US chick in uniform killed an enemy, but it's also kind of lame to herald it as the dawn of a new age in blah blah blah when there's statues to women like Boudica, who did a lot more impressive martial feats than just killing one guy in combat.

Admittedly, it's more guys than I've killed. That doesn't mean it's special.
 
Do You Know What I Am Saying
2011-12-05 04:15:11 AM
Has the fact that this isn't the first time been covered?
 
RoyBatty
2011-12-05 04:22:41 AM
feckingmorons: Faced with the choice of him or me, I chose me

i.imgur.com
 
Pert
2011-12-05 04:26:06 AM
Begging for a Photoshop:

i.dailymail.co.uk

Begging for a Photoshop:

i.dailymail.co.uk
 
Baryogenesis
2011-12-05 04:26:13 AM
She nagged him to death?
 
Prof. Frink
2011-12-05 04:27:31 AM
feckingmorons: Speaking about being forced to choose between his life or her own, she said: 'Faced with the choice of him or me, I chose me.'

Good choice.

We shouldn't kill people if it can be avoided, but you don't have to let people kill you.

Oh goddamnit so much, why does everything have to be an abortion thread here?
 
NicoFinn
2011-12-05 04:29:21 AM
xl5150: Too bad she didn't focus on doing better in high school, then maybe she could have gotten into college and not been put into that position.
 
randomjsa
2011-12-05 04:29:37 AM
I keep trying to find the 'technically yes but in actually no' angle here that could possibly let them run with 'first female soldier to kill in combat'...

It's just not there.
 
Juc
2011-12-05 04:34:07 AM
Stoutpants: Giving birth on the battlefield? What were they dwarfs?

/hopefully not obscure

Dwarf fortress is only obscure for the unfortunate folks who haven't played it, or at the very least read about boatmurdered (new window)

/I've been getting the urge lately to torture raise some dwarves again. I need to make a fortress once every year or two or I get the shakes.
 
gibbon1
2011-12-05 04:34:15 AM
Nina_Hartley's_Ass: Should've just thrown her purse at him!

Purses over 5 lbs are banned by the Geneva Convention.

\Mothers a war criminal
 
8InchFloppy
2011-12-05 04:34:40 AM
WTF is with the bicycle in the background?
 
Juc
2011-12-05 04:38:59 AM
8InchFloppy: WTF is with the bicycle in the background?

I'm pretty sure it's used for personal transportation.
 
HamWBone
2011-12-05 04:40:41 AM
8InchFloppy: WTF is with the bicycle in the background?

His Penny-farthing was in the shop.
 
Oznog
2011-12-05 04:41:02 AM
britishstudies.pbworks.com

Queen Boudicca frowns upon your shenanigans.
 
ghostofreasonpast
2011-12-05 04:54:46 AM
Probably not even the first British woman to kill in this war. Don't they have women traveling on convoys, and don't convoys come under fire?
 
Fark Me Runnin
2011-12-05 04:54:46 AM
In before some fruitcake says she should be tried for murder.
 
LewDux
2011-12-05 05:04:31 AM
Oznog: [britishstudies.pbworks.com image 438x571]

Queen Boudicca frowns upon your shenanigans.

More realistic
img526.imageshack.us
surely
/Link (new window)
 
shArkh
2011-12-05 05:07:16 AM
Why is anything from fux or the daily fail ever greenlighted? Seriously, need more shiat from the onion or register up here instead of these waffling shiatbag articles. GTFO.
 
Jefepato
2011-12-05 05:13:41 AM
cameroncrazy1984: Uh. Joan of Arc would like a word?

Did she actually kill anyone? Wikipedia says she preferred to bear the standard than use a sword. (Not that she wasn't brave as fark all the same.)
 
Father_Jack
2011-12-05 05:19:36 AM
all thousands of glorioius women who fought in glorious Red Army during glorious Patriotic War against hiterlite Fascisty would like word with editor of Daily Fail.
 
buckler [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 05:21:48 AM
LewDux: Oznog: [britishstudies.pbworks.com image 438x571]

Queen Boudicca frowns upon your shenanigans.

More realistic
[img526.imageshack.us image 417x696]
surely
/Link (new window)

Yes. A fiercely authentic depiction of Celtic battle gear. And Celtic women, no doubt.
 
libranoelrose [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 05:25:26 AM
First 'enemy' she's killed...
 
RatMaster999
2011-12-05 05:27:28 AM
Anybody else notice all the comments seem to be from April or May, yet the article has today's date?
 
Father_Jack
2011-12-05 05:28:13 AM
buckler: LewDux: Oznog: [britishstudies.pbworks.com image 438x571]

Queen Boudicca frowns upon your shenanigans.

More realistic
[img526.imageshack.us image 417x696]
surely
/Link (new window)

Yes. A fiercely authentic depiction of Celtic battle gear. And Celtic women, no doubt.

never really figured out why the celts get this awesome reputation as warriors.

at their peak before Rome started kicking their butts they spanned from iberian peninsula to turkey. then the romans started expanding and pushed them to the fringes of europe, with the encroachment of the germans finishing off most of the pockets the Romans missed.

i mean, who knew that dying your skin blue and making your hair stand up with chalk and fighting as individual warriors in the nude instead of as organized groups of soliders wouldnt get you far agasint the disciplined professionals in the Roman Legions?
 
LewDux
2011-12-05 05:30:47 AM
buckler: LewDux: Oznog: [britishstudies.pbworks.com image 438x571]

Queen Boudicca frowns upon your shenanigans.

More realistic
[img526.imageshack.us image 417x696]
surely
/Link (new window)

Yes. A fiercely authentic depiction of Celtic battle gear. And Celtic women, no doubt.

Thank you. I was starting to worry that painting is not realistic
 
WireFire2
2011-12-05 05:33:41 AM
Link (new window)

I think this is a little more heroic story (US Army)...but proves that woman can do just fine in combat if they so choose to serve in that capacity.
 
libranoelrose [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 05:36:29 AM
Pics?
 
LewDux
2011-12-05 05:40:06 AM
libranoelrose: Pics?

i.istockimg.com
Picts?
 
fisker
2011-12-05 05:41:58 AM
i.imgur.com


what?
 
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