Ultimate comeback

[GSXR RACER MIKE]

I recieved this from a freind and thought i would pass it on to the CCS family.


Marine Corp's General Reinwald was interviewed on the radio the other day and you have to read his reply to the lady who interviewed him concerning guns and children. Regardless of how you feel about gun laws you gotta love this! This is one of the best comeback lines of all time.  It is a portion of National Public Radio (NPR) interview between a female broadcaster and US Marine Corps General Reinwald who was about to sponsor a Boy Scout Troop visiting his military installation.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER:
So, General Reinwald, what things are you going to teach these young
boys when they visit your base?

GENERAL REINWALD:
We're going to teach them climbing, canoeing, archery, and shooting.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER:
Shooting! That's a bit irresponsible, isn't it?

GENERAL REINWALD:
I don't see why, they'll be properly supervised on the rifle range.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER:
Don't you admit that this is a terribly dangerous activity to be
teaching children?

GENERAL REINWALD:
I don't see how.  We will be teaching them proper rifle discipline
before they even touch a firearm.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER:
But you're equipping them to become violent killers.

GENERAL REINWALD:
Well, you're equipped to be a prostitute, but you're not one, are you?


The radio went silent and the interview ended.

You've gotta love "The Marines!!!"

[Baltobuell]

 I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT! Thanks for posting that.

[Burt Munro]

Great story, but unfortunately it's not true.....
 
Excerpt from Snopes.com

http://www.snopes.com/military/reinwald.htm

Origins:   As great a tale as this is, it's pure fabrication. It began life in 1999, purportedly about an "LTG Reinwald" of the US Army. In 2001 it reappeared, this time attributed to "Marine Corps General Reinwald."

The U.S. Army denies that there is a Lieutenant General Reinwald and chalks the whole thing up as a hoax. (Which is as logic dictated all along; if an armed forces spokesperson ever gave voice to a sexist remark likening a female interviewer to a prostitute, that officer would soon be called upon to make a very public apology as well as face charges within ranks for conduct unbecoming.)

National Public Radio had this to say about the matter:

We are aware of an erroneous story posted on the Free Republic Website, and possibly elsewhere, which mentions a supposed interview between an unnamed NPR reporter and a U.S Army Lieutenant General Reinwald. The story is false — the dialogue mentioned was not an NPR interview, and it never aired on any NPR program.

[GSXR RACER MIKE]

Gee, thanks for bursting the bubble, I thought someone actually did something right for once. :-/


(Though I still think it would be an awesome comeback!)

[Burt Munro]

I'm sorry! :-[

I guess you don't want to see a link to a story about the Tooth Fairy then? ;D

..... maybe the truth about Santa Claus? :D

[Dawn]

Don't worry about it Mike...

I absolutely loved it.

Dawn   ;)

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

It's all a government coverup!  I was there!  Reinwald and I went out for beers after we paid the interviewer to, um...
Never mind.

[GSXR RACER MIKE]

I'm sorry! :-[

I guess you don't want to see a link to a story about the Tooth Fairy then? ;D

..... maybe the truth about Santa Claus? :D

Geez, some people will believe anything that contradicts something else!

I have personally met Santa at the mall, and the Tooth Fairy left me money when I was younger.

I suppose you think that O.J. was guilty too? ;)  :P

[Super Dave]

Regardless of the truth of the "conversation"...

The Boy Scouts of America has been under fire.

I know that the United Way has stopped helping fund the Boy Scouts in the Milwaukee area.  Don't know if that's a nation wide problem...

But the Scouting organizations are good.

They have purpose...

And they actually have moral codes that are a bit of a higher standard than what some feel is PC.  

The United Way certainly won't get my money as a result.  Too bad, but I think the Boy Scouts will do better with it.

[hooter31]

i'm with you 100% dave.ther are much better places to give than the united way,i try to look at local charitys.besides i heard that for every $1 given to the united way only 20cents goes to the needy.the othe 80 goes towards adm. expenses.please list an address so i can send you something for the race against cancer.thanks and have a good holiday :)

[Super Dave]

You can get it to me at:

105 Woodfield Drive
Eagle, WI 53119

Visionsports, Inc is my company...and I'm giving the money to the Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer in the next couple of weeks that I've collected.  

More info about the people I'm working with?  

http://www.maccfund.org

And thanks!