Bam-Kapow!

It’s a full-figure Friday!

Audie Murphy was Americas most decorated soldier to emerge out of World War 2 with his Texan, boyishly handsome good looks intact. He was, (is?) in fact, the most decorated soldier in the history of the US army. He is credited with killing more than 240 Germans.

After the war, he parlayed his fame and good looks into a movie career, where he pretend to kill Indians and bad cowboys. Unlike Rambo, He had actually killed hundreds of people. This seems surreal to me.

You may not of heard of him, but his 1955 magnum opus, To Hell and Back (based on his bestselling autobiography of the same name) “grossed almost ten million dollars during its initial theatrical release, and at the time became Universal’s biggest hit of the studio’s entire 43-year history. This movie held the record as the company’s highest-grossing motion picture until 1975, when it was finally surpassed by Steven Spielberg’s Jaws. ”

Interestingly; “Murphy eventually broke the taboo about publicly discussing war-related mental conditions.”

I wonder if that broke the fantasy for people.

Speaking of killing and fantasy;

You probably heard about the terrible Dawson College shooting, in Montreal.

The bastard who did it keep a presence on the internets. It turns out that he is a perfect (pardon the expression) posterchild for the folks who think video games make people shoot people in real life. One headline yesterday read “Video Game Killer!”.

I think I better understand now how moderate Muslims must feel.

I can’t help but feel that the media and their sensationalization of these school attacks have helped, perhaps more than anything else to create and popularize this “identity”. Looking at the Jerks website, he certainly seemed to relish in playing the part and playing on peoples fears.

anyway, I hope you have a nice weekend!

PEACE!