Statement from the Family of Pat Tillman

Pat Tillman was an NFL player for the Arizona Cardinals. He enrolled in the Army when the U.S. went to Iraq and died from friendly fire. Apparently there's more to it than meets the eye: evidence tampering on briefings and so on. Here's a statement from the family of Mr.Tillman:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2813963

Very, very powerful stuff...

Saw that on the news this morning.

Kudos to Mr. Tillman, who passed up an NFL salary to serve. That's the equivalent of getting Ricky Williams to choose football over weed.

Originally posted by botankus

Kudos to Mr. Tillman, who passed up an NFL salary to serve.

Why kudos?

Because he gave up an easy life with millions of dollars to a life in the service where he faced death.

Friendly fire, never is.

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
Why kudos?

Originally posted by botankus
who passed up an NFL salary to serve.

NFL Safeties, at that time, were bringing in about $2 million per year.

Originally posted by Kinneary
Because he gave up an easy life with millions of dollars to a life in the service where he faced death.

Originally posted by botankus
NFL Safeties, at that time, were bringing in about $2 million per year.

No, look, I am sure VVD understand that...the point is...he is an idiot. Why kudos to someone that does something so ridiculously stupid?

I guess the only thing comparable is the head knight leaving the castle and his glory to slay a dragon.

Originally posted by botankus
I guess the only thing more comparable is the head knight leaving the castle and his glory to slay a dragon.

Originally posted by Bardock42
No, he does it for money, fame and that hot princess chick he is going to lay because of it. That is very reasonable in some aspects.

That's ridiculously stupid.

Originally posted by botankus
That's ridiculously stupid.

I would agree, kinda, cause you really only have one life...

You're ridiculously stupid, just like me.

Originally posted by botankus
You're ridiculously stupid, just like me.

You are? Why? Did you pass a great life to be killed invading a foreign country as well?

I passed a great life to post in threads like this every morning.

Originally posted by botankus
I passed a great life to post in threads like this every morning.

You are indeed ridiculously stupid.

I know. I'll meander on back to the Britney thread.

Originally posted by Bardock42
No, he does it for money, fame and that hot princess chick he is going to lay because of it. That is very reasonable in some aspects.

And you just made his point. He could have easily continued to play football for millions, but chose to do what he believed in which could, and did, result in his death; something the majority of us would not ever consider as made more clear from your comments 😆

Originally posted by chithappens
And you just made his point. He could have easily continued to play football for millions, but chose to do what he believed in which could, and did, result in his death; something the majority of us would not ever consider as made more clear from your comments 😆

Y-yes...the majority of us also wouldn't swallow grenades...I wouldn't give kudos to teh dude that does though.

He did something stupid. His decision, why should people have respect for it?

Originally posted by Bardock42
Y-yes...the majority of us also wouldn't swallow grenades...I wouldn't give kudos to teh dude that does though.

He did something stupid. His decision, why should people have respect for it?

I don't agree with the war, but the man went voluntarily because that's what he believed in doing. You are obviously someone who will only do shit under the terms that it is safe and provides personal incentive. I can respect someone who did that. Generally, people don't understand the idea of respect and ideals and the such until later in life. Guess you are not there yet.

Originally posted by chithappens
I don't agree with the war, but the man went voluntarily because that's what he believed in doing. You are obviously someone who will only do shit under the terms that it is safe and provides personal incentive. I can respect someone who did that. Generally, people don't understand the idea of respect and ideals and the such until later in life. Guess you are not there yet.

Haha, sounds likely.

He passed an opportunity many people would love to get and put himself in danger fighting for his country in an aggressive war.

What is there to respect now?