Thursday, April 5, 2012

general

This is one of the best comeback lines of all time.

It is a portion of an old Australian ABC television interview between a female broadcaster and General Peter Cosgrove (ex head of the Australian Defence Forces, and now all round nice guy doing lots of non-Army crap) who was about to sponsor a Boy Scout Troop visiting his military headquarters (he was still the Army boss at
this time).
 FEMALE INTERVIEWER: So, General Cosgrove, what things are you going to teach these young boys when they visit your base?  GENERAL COSGROVE: We're going to teach them climbing, canoing, archery, and shooting.  FEMALE INTERVIEWER: Shooting! That's a bit irresponsible, isn't it?  GENERAL COSGROVE: 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 COSGROVE: 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 COSGROVE: Well, Ma'am, you're equipped to be a prostitute, but you're not one, are you?  The radio went silent and the interview ended.

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