Really? You're going to say that to a very sick 5 year old kid?

[Sheldonrs]

This pissed me off a lot!!! MAW posts stories on FaceBook about some of our wish kids. Today they posted one about a 5 year old boy who wished to be a soldier.
Some idiots posted comments like these:

"How many children is he gonna murder?"

"Little Bobby wants to grow up and kill people for $800 a month, yay!"



Sometimes, I just want to strangle people.

*MOD EDIT - Please keep comments on topic and restricted to the discussion of the suckiness of the disgusting comments directed at a sick child's special wish, and refrain from fratching discussions of military bashing.

[PepperElf]

yeah... it seems to be the new "in" thing among some speshul people... bashing the military to make themselves look better

[Crossbow]

Not just the military, PepperElf. Bashing pretty much anything, although the military does seem to be a popular target right now.


One more reason I've lost just about all faith in humanity...

[Marmalady]

"Little Bobby wants to grow up and kill people for $800 a month, yay!"

I imagine that little Bobby (and his family) would settle for him just growing up.

I know CS.Com doesn't condone violence, but I don't think I'd ever tire of slapping someone who could say that to a sick child.

[Moosenogger]

See, I'm one of those snarky people who will happily reply to those kinds of comments and tear them a new asshole.

"How many children is he gonna murder?"

a: How many children do you have?

"Little Bobby wants to grow up and kill people for $800 a month, yay!"

a. I think at this point Little Bobby just wants to grow up, period. It's also sad that a 5 year old cares more about his country than a fat 15 year old on the internet.

[Mytical]

And I would be right behind Marmalady cheering her on, maybe eating some popcorn.

[Sheldonrs]

There are actually quite a few people taking those posters to task for what they wrote. I wish I could but since I work for MAW, it would not look right.

[Slayer]

They're just trolls. I used to react to them, but really, they're trolls. Their sole purpose when they sit in front of a computer is to cause pain and arguments.

Not worth the time to fight back, for me. I'm sure MAW will delete them soon. I usually delete/flag/report the posts.

[AccountingDrone]

I imagine that little Bobby (and his family) would settle for him just growing up.

I know CS.Com doesn't condone violence, but I don't think I'd ever tire of slapping someone who could say that to a sick child.

I bet in the right venue you could get a good amount of money selling tickets to throw pies or baseball dunk people who post like that

[Flying Grype]

A page like that should have comments blocked or pre-moderated so that the attention-whoring shit-disturbers never get through.

[Misty]

They're just trolls. I used to react to them, but really, they're trolls. Their sole purpose when they sit in front of a computer is to cause pain and arguments.

Not worth the time to fight back, for me. I'm sure MAW will delete them soon. I usually delete/flag/report the posts.

Slayer is right. Do not lower yourself to their level. Their goal is to stir sh*t up, and far too often they succeed. They probably don't even believe most of the stuff that they post, and if they do, they'd probably never have the stones to say it anywhere but in the safety of an anonymous comment board.

Seriously, the worst thing you can do to a troll is ignore them. They'll do their best to provoke you, but if you don't take the bait they'll eventually give up and move on. Try it.

[iradney]

Additional Mod Note:

As per Ree's note in the original post:

Please keep comments on topic and restricted to the discussion of the suckiness of the disgusting comments directed at a sick child's special wish, and refrain from fratching discussions of military bashing.

I just want to add that if we see one more post heading towards fratching, there will be infractions

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

These are children with terminal illnesses, amirite?

The people who made those comments are too dumb to even figure out he won't even get to grow up to become a soldier.

[Sheldonrs]

These are children with terminal illnesses, amirite?

The people who made those comments are too dumb to even figure out he won't even get to grow up to become a soldier.

Life-threatening illnesses.

[Rainman]

Wow, trolls indeed, I have a hard time understanding how someone can be so cruel. I've had (fortunatly) very few negative run ins with people for being ex-Army, they at least had the balls to tell me to my face, which is fine, Im a big boy and am equipped to deal with that. But to a little kid? Shameful and pathetic, no other words for it. I may have missed it if you wrote it earlier, but the little guy didnt see those posts did he? I hope not.