Now THERE's a question

[brainofck]

So we were commuting this morning. The car in front of us had a Semper Fi sticker and a purple heart sticker. I pointed out the purple heart to AG33 and explained to him what it meant. So we got to talking about how many time Jack might have received this decoration, and he suggested, "a replicator hand in your head..." *snorts* So what do we think? Is that wounded in combat? Or more like the enemy gave you an x-ray in combat?

Comments

[green-grrl.livejournal.com]

Gah! The physical effect is negligible -- no hospital stay. But the psychological effect is like a wound. Ick!!! Do they give Purple Hearts to people who were psychologically tortured but not injured?

[ramlatch.livejournal.com]

It's given to people who were wounded or killed in service, often it's also an attempt to give the injured a morale boost to encourage them to recover. No idea if psychological torture would qualify, but my assumption is no.

[bluemeridian]

The criteria for being awarded a purple heart are listed with an asterix which is explained in a footnote that reads Except for SG-1 of the SGC.

Officers have been puzzling over that cryptic statement for years. They have a whole mythology spun out for the mysterious "SG-1 of the SGC".

[brainofck.livejournal.com]

I'm doing journal maintenance stuff and just was reminded of this today. To which I must reply:

Ahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:D

[bluemeridian]

Hee! I completely forgot about it!