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The Company Commander to whom I was subjected in boot camp was capable of more profanities per breath for longer periods of time than should have been humanly possible. We began to think, after a few weeks, that he was really a robot with an air hose hooked into his voice box...

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Actually this topic is very pertinent. Unfortunately it appears you had a Company Commander that used cussing as a way of life. In my circumstance it was a little different. My DI had TWO main things to teach by his language (which he explained near the end of our experience with him). Though one may have questioned his methodology, it kept many of us alive later in life.

First, many military personnel are taken captive during war time. One of the purposes of breaking us down BOTH physically and mentally (using language, etc) was to equip soldiers with the grit to “get thru” interrogations, torture, war, etc. Second, when one gets “use to” the *&%$#@ it actually becomes a valuable teaching technique. Soldiers get use to the *&%$#@ all the time, however when the DIs language suddenly changes then you find yourself listening and learning. You pay attention. See the ______s between the *&%$#@ was really what was important. Actually you will find a “similar" (but with obvious differences) parallel to this technique in the Bible with Hebrew chiasms (see attachment)….

Heresies are taught in somewhat an inverted fashion. Normally a heresy is taught between TWO (or more) truths. In this fashion you do not even see the evil approaching. The cuss words here are in the middle as opposed to the ends, i.e. (God is love. God does not hate. God loves Jesus.).

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