Women space marines?

[-Vegeta-]

[QUOTE=Sturm;1409664]After talking with several members. I may have acted in haste in closing this thread. For which i will apoligise. We all learn and live that is the point of life if only we are willing to absorb it.

I will give this thread one more chance as long as it does not get taken over by sexist comments or flaming.


Awww, and I was gonna make a comment that involved the WNBA... Guess I'll keep that one to myself

[japanpimp]

Thanks Strum for being fair and reasonable.
Strum also told me that some posters took offense at one of my posts.
I want to let posters know that I was being completely sarcastic and humorous and in no way should you take my comment with any weight as the tone of this thread is very light and 100% fictional...

In fact my comments actually poke fun at those who make sweeping statements and generalizations such as the ones I did. My sarcastic comments were actualy meant to point out that such lines of thought are silly.

Often times comedians and people in general make very sarcastic statments to drive home a point or expose something that is silly. What they say is actually the complete opposite of what they really think.
For example, if we were having a debate or discussion about the environment and I said "We should not protect animals because they eat our food." or "Dogs are uglier than cats so lets only protect cats." or "Why don't we just kill all the animals, that way there will be nothing to protect." Not only would those statements be extremely sarcastic and humorous but they would drive home the point that arguments FOR non-protection are silly. So I hope posters now understand where I am coming from.

[Japengo]

The thing is, I believe most people understand sarcasm, it's just very hard to project on the internet without being completely obvious about it.

When you're talking to someone in person, they can usually tell when you are being sarcastic from your body language, tone of voice, facial expressions, etc. While on forums and such, it's a lot harder to convay since the only thing you have are typed text.

[JPA32]

Often times comedians and people in general make very sarcastic statments to drive home a point or expose something that is silly. What they say is actually the complete opposite of what they really think.
For example, if we were having a debate or discussion about the environment and I said "We should not protect animals because they eat our food." or "Dogs are uglier than cats so lets only protect cats." or "Why don't we just kill all the animals, that way there will be nothing to protect." Not only would those statements be extremely sarcastic and humorous but they would drive home the point that arguments FOR non-protection are silly. So I hope posters now understand where I am coming from.

The difference is that those people are funny and given this is the internet where you can't judge a person's character, body language, and tone of voice. Sarcasm usually doesn't work very well unless you are known for nothing but sarcasm and the funnies, like a few posters on the forum.

You aren't one of them.

[japanpimp]

I agree that sarcasm is hard to pick up on when it comes to written form. This is why I made other ridiculous comments along with the sarcasm like "Marines need water and there is no water in space" and "Vasquez already killed everything..."
But just for future reference, yes, I am a very sarcastic at times. In fact, many of my past posts I put "/sarcasm" after a sarcastic statement just to let readers know that I was being sarcastic. So if you have been reading my posts for any length of time you should know that I get sarcastic at times to drive home points.

Now, back to the Marine topic. Marines wear camouflage to help them blend in with surroundings. And I just cant see how camouflage would help a marine blend in with outerspace. I mean, what is outspace camouflage?

[Japengo]

They wouldn't necessarily need to blend into space, as they would be doing most of their combat aboard other spaceships. I would think a variety of suits could complement them, depending on how the ship interiors are colored.

[Demonhero]

It is impossible.
1. Women are weaker than men and therefore cannot carry the large heavy guns and stuff.
2. It is outerspace. A Marine needs to fight in a water environment... and space is not an ocean.
3. Vasquez already killed everything....

But if I was going to make a sweeping statement or generalization I would say that as Rota already posted, Vasquez was the first official woman space marine. She blazed a trail that all others follow.

Boy do I feel dumb. Thanks for pointing out a major flaw in my argument.



Another excellent point. Iraq is basically like Mars.... very little water. So I guess women space DO exist in Iraq....

P.S. Learn to recoginze sarcasm??

Fine, I am sexist and stuff.
Woe is me. I am exposed.



No, it is called "Adult humor is ≠ to teenage humor"
Or, "Person A understanding is < Japanpimp humor"

Either will do.

Thanks Strum for being fair and reasonable.
Strum also told me that some posters took offense at one of my posts.
I want to let posters know that I was being completely sarcastic and humorous and in no way should you take my comment with any weight as the tone of this thread is very light and 100% fictional...

In fact my comments actually poke fun at those who make sweeping statements and generalizations such as the ones I did. My sarcastic comments were actualy meant to point out that such lines of thought are silly.

Often times comedians and people in general make very sarcastic statments to drive home a point or expose something that is silly. What they say is actually the complete opposite of what they really think.
For example, if we were having a debate or discussion about the environment and I said "We should not protect animals because they eat our food." or "Dogs are uglier than cats so lets only protect cats." or "Why don't we just kill all the animals, that way there will be nothing to protect." Not only would those statements be extremely sarcastic and humorous but they would drive home the point that arguments FOR non-protection are silly. So I hope posters now understand where I am coming from.

Regardless of whether or not you were being sarcastic, you are an idiot and should stop posting immediately. Also, japanpimp humor = Not funny.

They wouldn't necessarily need to blend into space, as they would be doing most of their combat aboard other spaceships. I would think a variety of suits could complement them, depending on how the ship interiors are colored.

If we have space ships and high tech weaponry and such, wouldn't it also be likely that the marine armor would have a built in camo unit to change automatically to the terrain? I mean, you wouldn't just have your marines go for a new paint job every mission, would you? Too costly, both for time and money. Or just changing armor? Too time consuming.

[acer5200]

If we have space ships and high tech weaponry and such, wouldn't it also be likely that the marine armor would have a built in camo unit to change automatically to the terrain? I mean, you wouldn't just have your marines go for a new paint job every mission, would you? Too costly, both for time and money. Or just changing armor? Too time consuming.

Assuming we do have that technology, I think we'd have active camo working properly.

[Demonhero]

Assuming we do have that technology, I think we'd have active camo working properly.

Hmm, you seem to have misconstrued my meaning. I don't mean active camo as in invisibilty (Like in Halo for example), I mean a sort of chameleon function. Active camo would require massive amounts of power to use for any length of time. A chameleon function would just use a bit of power any time the color scheme changes

[japanpimp]

Hmm, you seem to have misconstrued my meaning. I don't mean active camo as in invisibilty (Like in Halo for example), I mean a sort of chameleon function. Active camo would require massive amounts of power to use for any length of time. A chameleon function would just use a bit of power any time the color scheme changes

Hm, actually a really good thought. Like insects and fish and reptiles who can change color by manipulating chemicals in their bodies....
Chemical suits.....