General Peter Cosgrove...

[Jemisa]

I didn't know where to post this but thought all you CBs would like it.
Jem.


For those that don't know him, Major General Peter Cosgrove is an Australian.

General Cosgrove was interviewed on the radio recently.
Read his reply to the lady who interviewed him concerning guns and children.
Regardless of how you feel about gun laws you have to love this! This is one of the best comeback lines of all time.
In a portion of an ABC radio interview between a female broadcaster and General Cosgrove who was about to sponsor a Boy Scout Troop visiting his military Headquarters.

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

GENERAL COSGROVE:!
We're going to teach them climbing, canoeing, archery and shooting.

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

GENERAL COSGROVE:
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 COSGROVE:
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 COSGROVE:
Well, Madam, you're equipped to be a prostitute, but you're not one, are you?
The broadcast went silent for 46 seconds and when it returned, the interview was over.

[TheOtherHalf]

Where DO you get them from Jem ???

[Jemisa]

Ah Hah!! TOH, Thats for me to know & you to find out. :o}

jem

[albaqwerty]

oh Jem, Jem, Jem, Jem, Jem. ROFPMSL. Brilliant.

[douglas9401]

:D

[Zeuhl]

It's great how these stories cycle round.

For example, this one is an Australianized version of an earlier US based story where a "General Reinwald" of the US Marines supposedly made the remark during an interview with a female reporter broadcast on NPR (National Public Radio). However, NPR has denied that any such interview was ever broadcast and there are no records of a General Reinwald serving in the US armed forces.

This version is unusual in using a real person; Cosgrove

Great line though.

If it never happened - it really should have done.

[Jemisa]

Zeuhi, yeah! I've got the American version too but I think the Oz one looks more authentic.

OK! it is an oldie but as I always say.....................

jem

[Hopkirk]

As a schoolkid in the Combined Cadet Force, I was taught to shoot.

It hasn't turned me into a killer.