Truly Scary Quote

[David Metevia]

Well, I don't think it is a new quote....A quick google search finds
this one from 2005 in USA Today on a story about wounded vets:

Aug 10, 2005 ... He says he felt that "I'm useless to the world, because
all I know how to do is shoot a rifle and run around in the woods. ...


I am sure there are earlier ones.

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At 2:17 PM -0500 12/21/08, RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:
>And this is of linguistic importance HOW????

I think Doug H was nominating it as an entry in the QOTY competition.

LH

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>In a message dated 12/21/08 12:01:58 PM, cats22 at STNY.RR.COM writes:
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>>  An LA Times story today talks about some Army /Iraq vets who've been
>>  getting
>>  in trouble once back in "Wonderland," as they call civilian life.
One of the
>>  guys,
>>  who was given a 'waiver' and allowed into the army despite a
juvenile record
>>  (for killing, albeit accidentally, a childhood friend), was worried
about
>>  what kind
>>  of work he might be able to do: "All I know how to do is shoot," he
said.
>>  dh
>>
>>  Prepared and sent with Chaos Software's Intellect mail client.
>>  Intellect's contacts and appointments managers also are cool.

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