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Originally Posted by Blackthorne
Perhaps my post was mis interpreted, let me clarify..
You can wear whatever you like, where ever you like. It's a free country.
But if someone walks up to you and asks to shake your hand because they see a medal pinned to your chest you bought at Nick's Army Surplus..
YOU LOOK SHEEPISH AND TELL THEM YOU DRESS UP LIKE THIS TO HAVE FUN AND HAVEN'T SEEN A DAY OF COMBAT IN YOUR LIFE.
I wear camo, and hope to wear privates bars with Wolfpack soon.
Actors? We expect them to lie, like polititians, it's their job. Holloweeners and Military re-Enactors? It's part of a hobby. Worn with respect, there is no issue.
But if you stand there with your $2.50 mail order purple hart knock off and explain to someone how you got it in "the 'Nam", you deserve to get your fucking balls cut off.
I dress up in uniform and run around with a gun because I want to have fun. But I never forget the folks who do it for real, or make myself out to be one.
Blackthorne OUT
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Leave Affleck alone man, Affleck was THE BOMB in Phantoms.
At any rate, I have nothing new to say in this thread that hasn't already been said. Don't wear bars unless the scenario calls for them, and don't wear unit insignia unless you are prepared to show respect by *researching* the unit and know it's history. Proper knowledge will separate a re-enactor from a punk.
I personally have three unit patches for my Vietnam kit that I've taken off various articles of clothing, simply because I do not yet feel comfortable enough in my knowledge of them to qualify as a true re-enactor. Frig, I'm still learning the finer points of Vietnam life in general.