Thread: Pigs blood in M855 ammunition...

Originally Posted by Imisnew2

Originally Posted by Arreo

Originally Posted by Toker

Sometimes ignorance is bliss Arreo.

Meh, it's just my personality. I love Snopes.com and busting urban legends and other shit collected by email chain letters.

This story has some elements of truth... maybe. It is possible that Pershing did indeed do this in the Philippines. The stories are largely apocryphal, but they could still have elements of truth to them. There is no evidence that US troops are actually doing this, nor that it was ever advocated seriously by anyone in the military.

I don't really care to offer my opinions on the issue, I just enjoy determining the truthfulness of the story.

I don't know why people still think Snopes.com is law? It was all over the news a while ago (most stations) that it is just a mom/pop shop run in Massachusetts or Michigan (one of those "M" states) California.

Snopes will cite their sources and you can follow the trail to see for yourself. They might be "ma and pa" but they provide the reader the necessary information to look up whatever is in question, further they have a staff of people. I approve of anyone who verifies information AND is transparent. Transparency and paper trail being key in this case.

I like Snopes, just like I like Wikipedia, when I can look up whatever they are talking about.

Kind of a gross topic to even think about....

:9 rofl