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harrythewriter · 05-15-2014, 23:31

Lets see if we can all get along without making enemies online.

About a two years ago, a friend of mine was working on a book about motivations for lying. There was a draft chapter about the niche of military impostors and fake war veterans who seem to be multiplying without check regardless of what the law says. After reading over the case notes of some of these known fakes, there seems to be a tendancy to boast that seems to attract the attention that got them into trouble in the first place, and the usual response when confronted by lying is covering it up with additional lies or responding with aggression. I dont think anyone needs to search hard to find an example of this.

What I was actually getting a bit more concerned about was the growth of these military themed websites that appeared during the social media explosion of the early 21st century; just type in something like "military forum" in the search bar and you will see quite a few. Although they are indeed perfectly legal, and they dont seem to claim they work for any department of defence of any country, does anyone else think its a little odd how some of them seem to be hosted in different countries from whom they claim to represent? Some of them have somehow convinced themselves that their ".com" domains are really speaking for the military or militaries of several different nations at once. If you so much as question it, you had best be prepared for a load of hatemail and your as good as banned.

The previous goal in mind was to compare the common public perception to what is said on social media and also compared again to what is claimed in public to private. It was not always focused at military employees either, as we also got some funny responses from used car salesmen too.

Anyway, if there is anyone out there who might want to share opinions about the subject, feel free to send a PM. it would be interesting to know about peoples opinions in regard to common misconceptions that might get pointed out too. Might also ask a few questions in the future in other threads, and refer to some for quotes.

05-15-2014, 23:31	#1529
harrythewriter BANNED IDIOT Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 5	writing a book Lets see if we can all get along without making enemies online. About a two years ago, a friend of mine was working on a book about motivations for lying. There was a draft chapter about the niche of military impostors and fake war veterans who seem to be multiplying without check regardless of what the law says. After reading over the case notes of some of these known fakes, there seems to be a tendancy to boast that seems to attract the attention that got them into trouble in the first place, and the usual response when confronted by lying is covering it up with additional lies or responding with aggression. I dont think anyone needs to search hard to find an example of this. What I was actually getting a bit more concerned about was the growth of these military themed websites that appeared during the social media explosion of the early 21st century; just type in something like "military forum" in the search bar and you will see quite a few. Although they are indeed perfectly legal, and they dont seem to claim they work for any department of defence of any country, does anyone else think its a little odd how some of them seem to be hosted in different countries from whom they claim to represent? Some of them have somehow convinced themselves that their ".com" domains are really speaking for the military or militaries of several different nations at once. If you so much as question it, you had best be prepared for a load of hatemail and your as good as banned. The previous goal in mind was to compare the common public perception to what is said on social media and also compared again to what is claimed in public to private. It was not always focused at military employees either, as we also got some funny responses from used car salesmen too. Anyway, if there is anyone out there who might want to share opinions about the subject, feel free to send a PM. it would be interesting to know about peoples opinions in regard to common misconceptions that might get pointed out too. Might also ask a few questions in the future in other threads, and refer to some for quotes.
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