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History repeats itself, sort of.

Post by RogueIce »

Anyone remember this?

Essentially, the winner of FOX's reality show, "Murder in Small Town X" was a NYC firefighter, who was killed in 9/11.

Well, as it turns out, one of the contractors killed so recently in Iraq was Scott Helvenston, a former Navy SEAL, who was on the USA reality show "Combat Missions" in Delta Squad.

Now, for the second time it seems, Reality TV has introduced us to somebody who later lost their lives in America's wars. :cry:

Story on FOX News
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"How can I wait unknowing?
This is the price of war,
We rise with noble intentions,
And we risk all that is pure..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, Forever (Rome: Total War)

"On and on, through the years,
The war continues on..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, We Are All One (Medieval 2: Total War)
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." - Ambrose Redmoon
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight
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Post by JME2 »

Hmm...Interesting...
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Wait, let's get Dubaya on a reality show and then send him to Iraq! Problem solved!
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Post by Jeremy »

For America's wars...
• Only the dead have seen the end of war.
• "The only really bright side to come out of all this has to be Dino-rides in Hell." ~ Ilya Muromets
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Interesting.
I have to tell you something everything I wrote above is a lie.
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Post by The Yosemite Bear »

Now if only we can get rid of producers of reality TV not the innocents.

sorry, my method of dealing with stress, is of course to crack jokes.
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