Memorable Quotes from a Bad Movie. (Fortunately for you, Dear Reader, this is gonna be a very short post! 
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Ain’t it funny how “Hollyweird” occasionally manages to allow a little Truth to come shining through the inevitable horseshyte?
One such movie is one I mentioned in a post a wee bit back, “Starship Troopers“. Lady Beth and The Bull get a kick out of watching “B”-rate monster movies and interjecting our own sarcastic commentary as the bloody thing plays. In this one the Earth finds itself under attack from, of all things, giant insects from the planet Klendathu in another solar system. Why? Who knows? Although there is some mention that the ‘bugs’ think there isn’t room enough in the Milky Way for both races. The ‘bugs’ wipe the city of Buenos Aires off the map and the fight is on.
Wouldn’t you know it? As bad as this flick is, there are quotes unbelievably useful in present day America where we find ourselves in a fight paralleling the fight that Earth finds itself in during the movie. A fight against an Enemy (the Islamo-Fascist) that things there is not enough room on the planet for both belief systems.
Here’s a couple for you to chew on for a bit:
- Dizzy: “My mother always told me that violence doesn’t solve anything.”
Jean Rasczak: “Really? I wonder what the city founders of Hiroshima would have to say about that.”
[to Carmen] Jean Rasczak: “You.”
Carmen: “They wouldn’t say anything. Hiroshima was destroyed.”
Jean Rasczak: “Correct. Violence has resolved more conflicts than anything else. The contrary opinion that violence doesn’t solve anything is merely wishful thinking at its worst.” - Johnny Rico: “Mr. Rasczak, I want to join the Federal Service and become a citizen. But my Dad thinks I should go to college and remain a civilian as he has. What should I do?”
Jean Rasczak: “Figuring things out for yourself is practically the only freedom anyone really has nowadays. Use that freedom.” - Johnny Rico: “Someone asked me once if I knew the difference between a civilian and a citizen. I know now. A citizen has the courage to make the safety of the human race their personal responsibility.“
I made that last quote bold in order for everyone reading this blog to see it plainly for the Truth it is. When our very existence is being threatened by enemies, be they ‘bugs’, or towel-wearing thugs seeking nuclear weapons it is every citizens duty* to stand and fight that enemy.
So, The Bull leaves you with one last thought from Starship Troopers before going on to the ‘real world’ once more…
- Johnny Rico: “These are the rules. Everybody fights, nobody quits. If you don’t do your job I’ll kill you myself.”
Bull, out! 
*Duty:
pronunciation: du·ty (dÅ«’tÄ“, dyÅ«’-)
n., pl. -ties.
- An act or a course of action that is required of one by position, social custom, or law.
- Moral obligation: acting out of duty.
- The compulsion felt to meet such obligation.
- A service, function, or task assigned to one, especially in the armed forces: hazardous duty.
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