Propaganda and Psyops in T2K

[pmulcahy11b]

You should have used Portuguese Fado or Corsican Polyphonic Songs and you would have had to deal with mass suicide more than having to feed prisoners.

Or we could have played bagpipe music at them, and there would have been mass suicides! On both sides!

[Rainbow Six]

Or we could have played bagpipe music at them, and there would have been mass suicides! On both sides!

Paul, you're a heathen....there's nothing sweeter on the ear than the skirl of the pipes!!

Seriously, and semi on topic, Scottish soldiers have a long history of playing the pipes going into battle to intimidate their enemies. There was actually an article in one of the newspapers a couple of weeks ago about a Scottish volunteer at the battle of the Alamo who allegedly played the pipes to drown out Mexican musicians (I think they were buglers).

[Targan]

I like the sound of the pipes too. Must be all my Scottish blood.

[pmulcahy11b]

Paul, you're a heathen....there's nothing sweeter on the ear than the skirl of the pipes!!

I'm not a heathen -- I'm an atheist, and I have good taste in music...

[Mohoender]

I'm not a heathen -- I'm an atheist, and I have good taste in music...

The Wermacht too. When the scots crossed a certain bridge in Normandy the Germans fled away or surrendered, I don't remember.

[pmulcahy11b]

That kind of made me think of an interesting (and monstrous) idea -- what if World War 3 started because of warhawk-type propaganda -- coming from the US or another NATO country In essence, there was no legitimate reason for World War 3 to have happened, other than the distorted thinking of those who wanted it (The parallels to the Iraq War are deliberate...)

And here's another horrible idea for World War 3 starting: Neunundneunzig Luftballoons...

[Raellus]

And here's another horrible idea for World War 3 starting: Neunundneunzig Luftballoons...

LOL. The song started the war Or was it actually 99 Red Balloons

[Webstral]

Paul, you're a heathen....there's nothing sweeter on the ear than the skirl of the pipes!!

Unless it's the sound of cats in boiling water or my wife calling my name when I've let the boy live in his own filth all day. (Admittedly, I trample old ladies and little children to get to the front when the pipes are marching on Saint Patrick's Day.)

[Legbreaker]

There's nothing like throwing on the kilt and marching behind the battalion colours to the sound of the pipes!

Damn I miss it...

Or was it the ladies afterwards in the bar trying to find out what's worn under the kilt - by feel

[Targan]

There's nothing like throwing on the kilt and marching behind the battalion colours to the sound of the pipes!

Your battalion had the kilt as part of its dress uniform I didn't know that. Very cool. I plan to get married in a kilt in my clan tartan.

[pmulcahy11b]

LOL. The song started the war Or was it actually 99 Red Balloons

While it would be "funnier" if Nena and their singing started the war, I meant the 99 balloons -- or some other object (on the ground or in the air -- or even a Fail Safe scenario along the Iron Curtain or Chinese border where it's a sensor glitch) that everyone misinterprets.

How about a real-life ET spaceship accidentally starting the war The ETs might feel obligated to help us recover from the war, or they could be like humans and be trying to cover up the incident so they don't get executed by their superiors.

BTW: The German version of the song is REALLY hard for me to follow -- it strains my incredibly-rusty German, and has a lot of colloquialisms in it and regional accents. Of course, trying to follow Falco's German-language songs are pretty much impossible for me...I can't rock Amadeus because I don't know what Falco's trying to tell me!

[pmulcahy11b]

There's nothing like throwing on the kilt and marching behind the battalion colours to the sound of the pipes!

Damn I miss it...

Or was it the ladies afterwards in the bar trying to find out what's worn under the kilt - by feel

Of course, if you pull the musical part of the bagpipes out and stuff them with silicone rubber or Vaseline, your squad could have a sort of gangbang...

[Legbreaker]

Your battalion had the kilt as part of its dress uniform I didn't know that. Very cool. I plan to get married in a kilt in my clan tartan.

Yep, I was one of the very few Australia soliders who wore it - probably less than a hundred all told. And it was really only my company too - the rest of the battalion had the standard poly's.

It was amazing how well it worked with women - offers coming in from every direction, although Cenotaph guard on Anzac Day (25th April - mid autumn) with the five layers of wool could be difficult to say the least. It was damn hot and sunny (usually) where I was at the time and black bitumen underneath didn't help much!

The bonnet was much more practical than the slouch hat too when on courses, etc. Could roll it up and stuff it in your pocket - everyone else had to take great care not to damage their grade one (parade) hats.

The brogues (shoes) on the other hand were a bit of a handful. They were 100% leather right down to and including the soles. With absolutely NO GRIP on the bottom, just flat, smooth, hard leather, polished floors were something to avoid if at all possible. Of course this didn't stop us having a few dozen drinks at functions and the like though.