Comments on: Blast barrier art in Kuwait http://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/blast-barrier-art-in.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 12:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/blast-barrier-art-in.html#comment-157720 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-157720 The new 'Kilroy' is Pac-Man? The new ‘Kilroy’ is Pac-Man?

]]> By: Registrado http://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/blast-barrier-art-in.html#comment-157807 Registrado Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-157807 The Trogdor one is pretty funny. Some of the other paintings are artistically well-done, too. The Trogdor one is pretty funny. Some of the other paintings are artistically well-done, too.

]]> By: the_boy http://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/blast-barrier-art-in.html#comment-157839 the_boy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-157839 Those were really, really cool. The half-finished one is my favorite Those were really, really cool. The half-finished one is my favorite

]]> By: hundredsofthousands http://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/blast-barrier-art-in.html#comment-158880 hundredsofthousands Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-158880 my dad's at Camp Buehring too. he told me about the mural he got to paint, which was decidedly less audacious and snarky than the nuclear blast door image, but not as pacmantastic as this one. I was very proud that I didn't have to explain the Trogdor image to him. yeay Dad! my dad’s at Camp Buehring too. he told me about the mural he got to paint, which was decidedly less audacious and snarky than the nuclear blast door image, but not as pacmantastic as this one. I was very proud that I didn’t have to explain the Trogdor image to him. yeay Dad!

]]> By: mwenge http://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/blast-barrier-art-in.html#comment-157611 mwenge Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-157611 "Representations of the esprit de corps of our fine military units as they prepare for operations in Iraq." A sentence worthy of Dick Cheney himself. “Representations of the esprit de corps of our fine military units as they prepare for operations in Iraq.” A sentence worthy of Dick Cheney himself.

]]> By: scottfree http://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/blast-barrier-art-in.html#comment-157617 scottfree Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-157617 Nobody just drew a penis? I would have just drew a penis. Nobody just drew a penis? I would have just drew a penis.

]]> By: ZekeSulastin http://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/blast-barrier-art-in.html#comment-158157 ZekeSulastin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-158157 @1: Don't worry, robotics will catch up soon enough, then your dreams of a truly emotionless and expendable military will come true. Until then, acknowledge that they are indeed people, even if you hate them, and mayhaps like to show their own internal unity. The images may be loaded with machismo, but when you go out expecting to get shot at or bombed, you have to try to get yourself pumped up. At least we are beyond the Vietnam-era ostracization of soldiers and are focusing instead of the policymakers. @3: That's actually an Ordnance branch symbol with subunits painted next to it - the Pac-Man visage was added later with white paint. Horray for subversion, especially on the part of the bomb disposal types :) @1: Don’t worry, robotics will catch up soon enough, then your dreams of a truly emotionless and expendable military will come true. Until then, acknowledge that they are indeed people, even if you hate them, and mayhaps like to show their own internal unity. The images may be loaded with machismo, but when you go out expecting to get shot at or bombed, you have to try to get yourself pumped up. At least we are beyond the Vietnam-era ostracization of soldiers and are focusing instead of the policymakers.

@3: That’s actually an Ordnance branch symbol with subunits painted next to it – the Pac-Man visage was added later with white paint. Horray for subversion, especially on the part of the bomb disposal types :)

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