The best interview ever

This is one of the best comeback lines of all time. It is a portion of National Public Radio (NPR) interview between a female broadcaster and US Marine Corps General Reinwald who was about to sponsor Boy Scouts visiting his military installation.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER: So, General Reinwald, what things are you going to teach these young boys when they visit your base?

GENERAL REINWALD: We’re going to teach them climbing, canoeing, archery, and
shooting.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER: Shooting! That’s a bit irresponsible, isn’t it?

GENERAL REINWALD: I don’t see why, they’ll be properly supervised on the rifle range.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER: Don’t you admit that this is a terribly dangerous activity to be teaching children?

GENERAL REINWALD: I don’t see how. We will be teaching them proper rifle discipline before they even touch a firearm.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER: But you’re equipping them to become violent killers.

GENERAL REINWALD: Well, ma’am, you’re equipped to be a prostitute, but you’re not one, are you?

The radio went silent and the interview ended. You gotta love the Marines!

Update:

Ok now, As some of the comments point out this story may not be true. But funny nonetheless. It’s better I put a disclaimer before someone really takes out a gun and points it at me. :-)

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  • 28 Comments »

    Comment by Anonymous
    2008-01-08 19:28:32
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    Funny, yes. True, perhaps not so much. Please see: http://www.snopes.com/military/reinwald.asp

     
    Comment by don
    Comment by caboose
    2008-01-09 02:05:50
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    what do you mean, not true. this is entirely true. ive owned at least one gun for the past ten years (now its 3 shotguns, and two rifles), but i have never shot a single person. just because you know how to use a gun doesn’t make you a violent killer. its better to learn proper gun safety at a young age than to grow up without it.

    Comment by humicroav
    2008-01-09 11:32:12
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    Click one of those snopes links, caboose.

     
    Comment by charlie
    2008-01-09 12:55:44
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    i think they meant the actual radio broadcast rather than the issues of gun ownership

     
    Comment by Moment
    2008-01-09 13:05:24
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    If you’d paid closer attention, you might have noticed that they meant that the entire story is a joke, and that it never actually happened. They were not arguing against owning or using guns, responsibly or otherwise.

     
    Comment by NtrlBrnThrila
    2008-01-09 13:39:04
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    Considering the contents of the link, I’m pretty sure “not true” was referring to the fictional story that the blogger tried to imply was actually a portion of some radio interview, not the comments of the fictional general.

     
    Comment by logic-man
    2008-01-09 14:01:11
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    they mean the stories not true, not the moral itself

     
    Comment by TheGabe
    2008-01-09 17:29:15
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    Idiot, they mean the anecdote is untrue!
    Even so it generates lulz.

     
     
     
    Comment by james
    2008-01-09 06:31:04
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    still funny though

     
    Comment by Al
    2008-01-09 10:38:50
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    They are not saying that the statement is false you gun toting fool. They are saying that the interview never happened. Read their link.

     
    Comment by hah
    2008-01-09 13:47:24
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    caboose misses the train :D

     
    Comment by america is europes most retarded colony
    2008-01-09 16:51:45
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    american retards
    all the same

    every single one, even you.

    Comment by Debaser
    2008-02-01 02:42:03
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    What even me? The Australian?

     
     
    Comment by Bill Vincent
    2008-01-09 17:57:04
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    As said, the interview never took place, but the message is true. As caboose said, if you teach young people how to handle a gun safely, they’re infinitely less likely to injure themselves with one, if you go further and teach them responsibility and morals as they pertain to guns, they’re even less likely to injure themselves.

     
    Comment by sueper
    2008-01-09 19:57:18
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    Caboose
    They mean that this is a joke and not a true story.

     
    Comment by hey fuckhead
    2008-01-09 23:20:22
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    caboose, don meant the story itself wasn’t true. i agree with you, but maybe if you actually took things in context, it would prevent me from having to explain this.

     
    Comment by Commander Jim
    2008-01-09 23:34:37
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    General Reinwald more than likely never said this, but
    it would be the perfect thing to say to a liberal NPR anti- America media sycophant!

    Semper fi

     
    Comment by Anonymous
    2008-01-10 01:34:18
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    Probably what is even dumber than caboose misinterpreting is the repeated comment of how Caboose got it wrong. I think he got the picture, if he ever comes back to this article, at the 5th comment

     
    Comment by meme
    2008-01-10 12:34:51
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    yeh its pretty dumb repeating that caboose misinterpreted the story….

    …. oh.. errrr

     
    Comment by CARL
    2008-01-11 02:36:19
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    MY NAME IS EVERYBODDY IN THE COMMENT SECTION PAST THE THIRD POST I’LL READ UP TO CABOOSE’S COMMENT THEN IGNORE ALL THE OTHER ONES TO SAY THE EXACT SAME THING TWENTY TIMES

    also I’m aware the two post before me say the same thing but isn’t that the cool thing to do?

     
    Comment by alph
    2008-01-12 09:31:34
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    Well, as for me , the comeback is funny, but lacks that “in your face quality”.
    the reporter could have said: “well, yes, i’m equipped to be a prostitute, but i don’t go to week long training camps on how to use my “equipment” and then deny i want to become a whore.”

    Comment by Ev
    2008-01-19 11:51:15
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    Now that would have been funny!

     
     
    Comment by your all fuckin stupid
    2008-01-15 06:32:05
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    You are all so fuckin stupid. stop arguing like dumb little bitches. We all know the story is not true and that caboose was making a point about gun safety and not the joke. I hate British people but i will have to agree with the brits name.

     
    Comment by John
    2008-01-15 15:11:41
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    Fun activity: Tell this story to a right-winger, get them to say something along the lines of “teaching kids to use guns properly makes them less likely to make a stupid mistake”, and then remind them of the guns-genitalia comparison from the story and ask what they think about Sex Ed…

     
    Comment by jk
    2008-01-16 21:34:02
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    I’m a right-winger who agrees that “teaching kids to use guns properly makes them less likely to make a stupid mistake”… but I would never have a public school teacher teach it to them unless I knew they could properly handle one as well…

     
    Comment by cide
    2008-01-17 22:13:13
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    I wish it was true… the bitch knows nothing

     
    Comment by Gamer
    2008-01-23 20:03:29
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    omfg. so funny. this so applies to that whole thing how they’re saying video games make kids into killers. love it. whoever posted this, thank you!

     
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