tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post8748783092026902521..comments2024-01-02T18:05:23.666-06:00Comments on Streak's Blog: bin Laden's code name is Geronimo?Streakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01443433745929880701noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-37565626435602048702011-05-04T08:01:23.705-05:002011-05-04T08:01:23.705-05:00Not at all by way of excuse and in fact the opposi...Not at all by way of excuse and in fact the opposite: what makes shooting and killing easier for the troops is to de-humanize the enemy (i.e. "Skinnies" in place of "Somalians...Somalians are sovereign people; Skinnies are automatons whom I am to destroy). Geronimo, then, could be one of those very things as well; an attempt at de-humanizing an enemy. And it has all of the horrid racial epithets attached to it that Skinnies had for another deployment. That's on top of the fact that he was a real dude with a rich history. But now...a cartoon character and something that Bugs Bunny shouts before he jumps off cliffs.Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345059376742159966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-50273594798044586972011-05-04T07:52:06.978-05:002011-05-04T07:52:06.978-05:00I winced at the code name Geronimo too. It was un...I winced at the code name Geronimo too. It was unfortunate. I am sure the President had bigger things on his mind than to change the code name to something more acceptable.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12669616484991718478noreply@blogger.com