And come on people, they aren't "Smiley Faces" they are the

[DS1]

Seal of the Department of the Army

He's at Fort Bragg, and Army base, the 9/11 flag decision is intriguing but PLEASE stop calling them smiley faces - it's moronic



Oh look, their Seal only shows 9 stripes and eleven stars too, I guess that proves 9/11 was planned in 1974

[Ediacara]

1. I don't think anyone really thought they WERE smiley faces

They just look like them. Come on.... they DO look a lot like a smiley face :-)

[Puzzler]

2. Oh for God's sake...

... we know they're not smiley faces! Posters (like me) said that they "looked" like smiley faces.

-P

[DS1]

3. Didn't read that way to me

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1897457
2, 10, 23, 27

[Puzzler]

4. Hey... this is what I wrote:

"God... I swear...
... that those look like smiley faces behind Bush."

QED

-P

[meppie-meppie not]

5. Puzzler definitely said "looks like" the rest referred to them as

smiley faces but I don't think they meant any disrespect. Let's face it, when you put a chimp in from of the seals it's very difficult to take them serious or to see what they actually are, he debases them by his mere presence.JMO

[DS1]

6. It's not a matter of respect

I just see "Smiley Face" shotgunned all over the board and it makes us look, for lack of better terms, foolish - in my most respectfully submitted humble opinion and all that

[meppie-meppie not]

7. although it doesn't to me I respect your opinion. At least we don't

parade ourselves around like patriotic brain dead moronic puppets who on a cursory inspection are cowardly hypocrites. My "foolish" mates make me smile :evilgrin:

edit: removed "but" in subject line because it sounded daft :-)

[DS1]

8. Granted, I'd rather have people going on about smiley faces

and that bird ball and hook thing the Marines carry around on their uniforms than parrot patriotic bullshit - but I still feel somewhat obliged to ~try~ set people right if they don't recognize seals like that