John VanSickle wrote:

> This reminds me of a fellow I knew during the 2002-2003 time frame.  He 
> was a civilian filling the civil engineering position in our unit.  I 
> learned that he had been a sniper in the Marines during the Vietnam 
> conflict, and that during this time he had over 130 confirmed kills to 
> his credit.
> 
> Most people never even take so much as one human life in the heat of 
> some strong emotion, so to do this over a hundred times, in an even 
> temper, is something not seen every day.
> 
> He didn't talk about it much, although he did not object when, with much 
> pomp, we nicknamed him Sniper.

Yeah - people who have *really* killed people... tend not to want to 
talk about it much.

Unsurprisingly, really. The real thing isn't very funny.

TF2, on the other hand, as a souped-up cartoon. ;-)

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