Do they come with a matching keyring?
http://www.zazzle.co.uk/keep_calm_by_focusing_on_ambushes_key_chains-146157597546371544
Good points. Nobody’s likely to play defense on this one! Maybe we should draw straws?
I personally like Xeni’s title a lot. It works equally well for people who know armored vehicles (MRAP) and for people who don’t really care what the distinctions are among them (basically a tank). Some good journalistic tradecraft there.
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First of all, WHY! I totally understand getting one of these if you’re expecting violence, but ALSO if you’re expecting natural disasters like floods, fires, mudslides or heavy HEAVY snow, because these things go practically anywhere and do protect the occupants. But if they aren’t expecting it to be used for any of those things, that’s money I’d rather see go toward better food in the cafeteria. And lets not forget something here, the tax-payers of that school district bought that vehicle TWICE. Yup, your federal taxes bought it for the military, and your town taxes bought it from the military. We should be saving this stuff for the future so that the military doesn’t have to spend MORE money to buy new ones when the surplus is empty…
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I am MOST DEFINITELY down with this plan!!!
It’s good to see that LA students are finally getting a chance to learn about warfare first hand. Learning from textbooks and lectures is just so boring!
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That was also the first thing that jumped out at me. Xeni is a serious journalist, who I have followed for many years. I understand that military vehicles are not her area of expertise. But ten minutes of googling or talking to a recent veteran would let her speak knowledgeably about Tanks, MRAPs and other such vehicles. It is a rookie mistake, and Xeni is better than that. When the first sentence in an article is clearly false, it put the whole thing into doubt.
In Fairbanks in the '70s, we DID have a gutted M113 as a playground toy at Alaskaland. Also a steamroller. Good times…
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Some of the MRAPs used in Iraq were built in SA.
It’s literally a tank.
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You better be prepared to spend a good chunk of that $4k on gas/diesel. A cursory Google search suggests this gets 3 MPG.
Is San Diego that close to the border?
You have a pullitzer to back that up, right bub?
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I was wondering why an argument of fact was taking place on the internet. It’s not as if finding the actual definition is a challenge.
I think someone tried to use hyperbole while discussing a social lighting rod topic, and so, inevitably, someone else then chose the hyperbole to focus on.
Forest, trees, same as it ever was.
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That is amazing. It’s almost as tacky as a school district procuring a MRAP!
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Well, the vehicle in its operational use is already full of clowns.
…brain goes to a detour, imagining Keystone Kops, the SWAT version…
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I approve of SWAT teams being employed by school districts only if it’s the team from Flashpoint. Those softies are nicer and more restrained in the use of force than a home-ec teacher. Oh Canada…
Idea for a flag: A civilian, being run over with a tank. but still reaching up to the tank’s side to hold/affix there a shaped charge. Titled, “Don’t thread on me!”
That said, a sexy school use of this vehicle would be for the shop/repair class (I myself wouldn’t mind getting my hands dirty in one of such toys). And maybe for the drivers ed, for defensive driving.
Ugh! It looks like he got poked in the eye.
Noone brought up killdozer yet?
The Soapstone SWATs?
