Die for Our Country, Just Don't Fart


The Marine Corps has banned audible farting by all Marines in Afghanistan. Apparently, audible farting, and the humor associated with it, is considered offensive by some Afghan natives.

I'm sorry, but we ask these guys to train to kill, then risk their lives defending our freedom, yet they don't have the freedom to fart loudly? Because it offends some locals? So beheading women for adultery is OK, but passing loud gas isn't. Why are we fighting this war?

I don't want to get overly political here, but I think after Marines do all that they do, and worry about all that they have to worry about (like improvised explosive devices, for example), I think the decibel level of their farts should be a non-issue. If they want to fart, let them fart as loud as they want to.

-The Commodore