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To: Kid Rock who wrote (91160)	12/12/2004 10:35:50 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 108807

I think he is "Bring it on" gung ho yup

To: Kid Rock who wrote (91160)	12/12/2004 4:58:03 PM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 108807

Gung-ho does not mean "kill em all." Below is a definition from dictionary.com. I get tired using exactly the same words all the time. I used gung-ho because I was in a slangy mood and it is a word that was created during World War II. I find things like word history interesting. When I wrote that sentence, I just meant something like did pro-war posters still believe "(1) totally sure it was the right thing to do,(2) backing Bush 100%, (3) we're going to win and then there will be democracy in the region, (4) yes, freedom's on the march!", etc. In other words, enthusiastic and dedicated, which gung-ho means. Most people don't like war, and most people don't like to kill. I have never suggested that people who support the war in Iraq enjoy killing, and frankly find the charge insulting. I do believe from posts written at Feelies that a lot of pro-war posters place a lot more value on American lives than the lives of Iraqis, and I do disagree with that as a value. I AM interested to know if any pro-war posters are beginning to change their minds, now that Falluja is flattened and the insurgent leaders got away, and the resistance continues unabated across Iraq, etc. What I am seeing here in the last couple of days is that pro-war posters seem to be in very bad moods. I just wondered if any of them were rethinking their positions, which I believe is a valid question. Anyway, here is what "gung ho" actually means: gung ho Also, gung-ho. Extremely enthusiastic or dedicated, as in She was gung ho about her new job. This expression was introduced in 1942 as a training slogan for a U.S. Marine battalion, derived from what an American officer thought were Mandarin Chinese words for "work together." It was actually an abbreviation for the name of Chinese industrial cooperatives.