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{{quote|I consider their existence our greatest failure. |'''UN Secetary, Kofi Annan, On Child Soldiers.'''}} |
{{quote|I consider their existence our greatest failure. |'''UN Secetary, Kofi Annan, On Child Soldiers.'''}} |
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{{quote|Think you gangsta, popped a few rounds? |
{{quote|Think you gangsta, popped a few rounds? |
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These kids'll come through and murder a whole town |
These kids'll come through and murder a whole town |
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Then sit back and smoke and watch it burn down |
Then sit back and smoke and watch it burn down |
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The graves get deeper the further we go down|'''[[Lupe Fiasco]]''', ''"Little Weapon"''}} |
The graves get deeper the further we go down|'''[[Lupe Fiasco]]''', ''"Little Weapon"''}} |
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{{quote|Or maybe it was because of something that impressed me in ''Carton's Army of the Potomac:'' that the soldiers were all so young and innocent... Even though it was a deadly game, and the suffering and fear were terrible and real, it was still a game played by children...|'''[[Orson Scott Card]]''', explaining why ''[[Ender's Game]]'' [[Truth in Television|is about children]] }} |
{{quote|Or maybe it was because of something that impressed me in ''Carton's Army of the Potomac:'' that the soldiers were all so young and innocent... Even though it was a deadly game, and the suffering and fear were terrible and real, it was still a game played by children...|'''[[Orson Scott Card]]''', explaining why ''[[Ender's Game]]'' [[Truth in Television|is about children]] }} |
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{{quote|'''Andre:''' I can see what you are thinking. But we need every man we can get. |
{{quote|'''Andre:''' I can see what you are thinking. But we need every man we can get. |
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'''Yuri:''' Even if they're not men? |
'''Yuri:''' Even if they're not men? |
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'''Andre:''' A bullet from a fourteen-year-old is just as effective as one from a forty-year-old. Often more effective.|'''Andre Baptise''' and '''Yuri Orlov''', reviewing several dozen Liberian children standing formation armed with AK-47s and bazookas in [[Lord of War]] }} |
'''Andre:''' A bullet from a fourteen-year-old is just as effective as one from a forty-year-old. Often more effective.|'''Andre Baptise''' and '''Yuri Orlov''', reviewing several dozen Liberian children standing formation armed with AK-47s and bazookas in [[Lord of War]] }} |
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{{quote|I can't hold a glass of wine yet |
{{quote|I can't hold a glass of wine yet |
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But they think it's fine to |
But they think it's fine to |
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Have me hold a gun |
Have me hold a gun |
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Kill a man or kill his son|Company of Thieves, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc93b8mdE7M "Quiet on the Front"] }} |
Kill a man or kill his son|Company of Thieves, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc93b8mdE7M "Quiet on the Front"] }} |
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{{quote|We too shall enlist |
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When our elders' time has come |
When our elders' time has come |
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To add to the list of deeds |
To add to the list of deeds |
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Inscribed upon their tombs |
Inscribed upon their tombs |
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We are much less jealous of surviving them |
We are much less jealous of surviving them |
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Than of sharing their coffins |
Than of sharing their coffins |
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We shall have the sublime pride |
We shall have the sublime pride |
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Of avenging or joining them }} |
Of avenging or joining them }} |
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{{quote|To arms, oh citizens! |
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Form up in serried ranks! |
Form up in serried ranks! |
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March on, march on! |
March on, march on! |
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And drench our fields |
And drench our fields |
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With their tainted blood! }} |
With their tainted blood! }} |
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{{quote|On Shiloh's dark and bloody ground, |
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The dead and wounded lay; |
The dead and wounded lay; |
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Amongst them was a drummer boy |
Amongst them was a drummer boy |
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, Who beat the drum that day. |
, Who beat the drum that day. |
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A wounded soldier help and him up-- |
A wounded soldier help and him up-- |
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His drum was by his side; |
His drum was by his side; |
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He clasp'd his hands, then he rais'd his eyes, |
He clasp'd his hands, then he rais'd his eyes, |
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And prayed before he died |
And prayed before he died |
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''Drummer Boy of Shiloh'' }} |
''Drummer Boy of Shiloh'' }} |
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{{quote|'''Shepard''': You've been killing since you were six? |
{{quote|'''Shepard''': You've been killing since you were six? |
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'''[[Professional Killer|Thane]]''': Of course not. I did not make my first kill until I was twelve.|''[[Mass Effect 2]]''}} |
'''[[Professional Killer|Thane]]''': Of course not. I did not make my first kill until I was twelve.|''[[Mass Effect 2]]''}} |
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Latest revision as of 18:49, 7 August 2014
I consider their existence our greatest failure.
—UN Secetary, Kofi Annan, On Child Soldiers.
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Think you gangsta, popped a few rounds? —Lupe Fiasco, "Little Weapon"
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Nothing is scarier than a 12-year-old with a Kalashnikov.
—Nightcrawler, X-Men
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Or maybe it was because of something that impressed me in Carton's Army of the Potomac: that the soldiers were all so young and innocent... Even though it was a deadly game, and the suffering and fear were terrible and real, it was still a game played by children...
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Andre: I can see what you are thinking. But we need every man we can get. —Andre Baptise and Yuri Orlov, reviewing several dozen Liberian children standing formation armed with AK-47s and bazookas in Lord of War
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I can't hold a glass of wine yet |
We too shall enlist |
To arms, oh citizens! |
On Shiloh's dark and bloody ground, |
Shepard: You've been killing since you were six? |