don't write "fags" on military bombs, its not polite

[Steve Furlong]

Tabla bin Rasa wrote:
> 
> Anti-Gay Bomb Slur Wrong, Navy Says
...
> ``We immediately notified Navy commanders involved with Operation
> Enduring Freedom to ensure steps were taken to
> prevent a recurrence of this unfortunate incident. They have done so,''
> Pietropaoli wrote.

Ironic name for the operation. I guess American sailors have the
enduring freedom to be complete conformists to the current orthodoxy,
and the rest of Americans have the enduring freedom to pay for it.

Incidentally, if the bomb had said "High Jack This, Sheep Fuckers",
would PETA have filed a complaint?

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