re: Aggie misconceptions/traditions

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Don't be silly, they don't speak english.

You either have to yell it REALLY SLOW or talk to them in mexican.

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There's that right wing Christian conservative Aggy racism we know and love...

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lol you say '"THE old war skule" like its famous outside of LA. I've never heard of the great generals...

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You've never heard of the first superintendent of The Old War Skule (and the one to give LSU that nickname)?

Atlanta has.

"I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell."

W. T. Sherman

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You're doing it wrong. Hang out here, laugh, and bullshite, but don't try to convince anyone much about A&M. We know what's great and what's not about it, and very few are going to change their minds. Which is why everything pretty much here devolves into talking shite

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Haha man, I love it. I've actually been around TD for awhile, I expected nothing less than this
Obviously, this is biggest lost cause ever, just fun to see how "sensible" these people are

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W T Sherman

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Fair enough

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One of his offspring is Head Coach at A&M

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No shite, he's definitely one of my favorites.

You can't say he didn't warn them...

On hearing of South Carolina's secession from the United States, Sherman observed to a close friend, Professor David F. Boyd of Virginia, an enthusiastic secessionist, almost perfectly describing the four years of war to come:

You people of the South don't know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end. It is all folly, madness, a crime against civilization! You people speak so lightly of war; you don't know what you're talking about. War is a terrible thing! You mistake, too, the people of the North. They are a peaceable people but an earnest people, and they will fight, too. They are not going to let this country be destroyed without a mighty effort to save it... Besides, where are your men and appliances of war to contend against them? The North can make a steam engine, locomotive, or railway car; hardly a yard of cloth or pair of shoes can you make. You are rushing into war with one of the most powerful, ingeniously mechanical, and determined people on Earth—right at your doors. You are bound to fail. Only in your spirit and determination are you prepared for war. In all else you are totally unprepared, with a bad cause to start with. At first you will make headway, but as your limited resources begin to fail, shut out from the markets of Europe as you will be, your cause will begin to wane. If your people will but stop and think, they must see in the end that you will surely fail.[28]

In January 1861, as more Southern states were seceding from the Union, Sherman was required to accept receipt of arms surrendered to the State Militia by the U.S. Arsenal at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Instead of complying, he resigned his position as superintendent and returned to the North, declaring to the governor of Louisiana, "On no earthly account will I do any act or think any thought hostile ... to the ... United States."

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Good Lord

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lol you say '"THE old war skule" like its famous outside of LA. I've never heard of the great generals or medal of honor winners they have(if any), in fact I never heard of your old war skule at all...I'll look it up.

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Odd that a fan of a school that is extremely proud of its military tradition would laugh at another school's military traditions.

LSU isn't as obsessive about it as you Aggies are but LSU has a long and storied military history.

Cadets of the Ole War Skule

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LSU and Texas A&M continue to debate which institution, after the military academies, can claim the distinction of having contributed the most officers during World War II. This military tradition continued to be central to the lives of LSU men until 1968 when the ROTC program requiring all undergraduate males to take two years of military training was repealed and ROTC at LSU became voluntary.

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If you want us to give a shite about your traditions, raining shite all over ours isn't going to help your cause.

All I can say about aTm's traditions is that I know a lot of people like their traditions and respect their military history. Also know the school is good in academics. Don't see how people can make fun of or talk shite about aTm. Great military history/background if you read upon it, great academics, etc.

No mention of the Pet Cemetery?

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Aggies have hot women, why not show them off

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As a guy who spent many of nights visiting buddies/going to parties in college and now Bryan/CS is part of my work territory, im not sure I agree with that one. Yes, you have 45,000 students, of course you will have some hot women.

Per capita, however, give me any SEC school and UT, Tech, TCU, Baylor, and SMU.

We use to say at my high school, 9 out of 10 girls in Texas are hot, the other one goes to A&M.

I swear every girl from my HS that went to A&M was plain jain, average, about 10-20 lbs overweight.

Trust me, if you did a rankings of Texas colleges on hottest girls, A&M wouldnt be in the top 5.