Money always trumps morals, honor, and the fact that this country was founded on Judeo-Christian principles and beliefs. No more Trijicon purchases for me…
Link to Fox News article…
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583566,00.html?test=latestnews
Come one dude what the hell were they supposed to do?
I see what you’re saying about standing by your beliefs, but there comes to a point where you have to look at how many good people would have lost their jobs if Trijicon did not remove the saying and they lost their .mil contract.
As sad as it is that they were forced to remove the sayings basically by the left wing liberal media, I think it was probably the best decision for the welfare of the employees of Trijicon.
As much as I dont like the “cave in” - they had to do it. I am disturbed Petreus said as much as he did about it - guess he has to snuggle with our so called Islamic friends. Look at the reality of Togo West’s report on Ft Hood - no mention of the work “Islam” there. What crap are we living in folks…walks like a duck, talks like a duck?
I hope they keep them on there for the civ and LE market though.
As far as I am concerned, religion and business don’t go together.
This includes marking your products with bible verses.
Man, if anything I am more interested in Trijicon for having the stones to do that. … that they had to do the wise thing & stop is no reason to flush them. That they had the stones to do it in the first place is a good reason to support them (from a Christian point of view).
The military is the customer & the customer is always ________?
Trijicon is going to bankrupt itself trying to remove all the text from the side of every scope they sold to not only the U.S military but also foreign countries militaries.
New Zealand…FUCK New Zealand. What do they have??? a grand total of 275 guys in their army???
I hope the option of getting an ACOG with the inscription is still open. If not, the NF compact is going on the 16" .308 platform.
M4fun, I was a little puzzled/disturbed by Patraeus’ comments as well
I hope that they do too. It doesn’t do much for me one way or the other but I hate to see a good outfit bullied over such a picayune matter- especially one surrounded by so much trumped-up outrage from the anti-theists (sorry, had to steal that term. it is most accurate.) and loony left.
IMO they will have generated more interest in their products among the civvy crowd. Why not leave it on for that market? My .02.
+1, FYI NZ has the equivalent of 1 Brigade as an army! So, not much bigger than you thought!
All I can say is, “What a fuckin’ shame they were bullied into this shit.” :mad:
Everyone always talks about how our country is going downhill in regards to everything American and the principles and sacrifices that made our country great. Yet, everyone always rationalizes why it is OK that this is happening, and when it comes to making money, everything else is secondary.
Yes, Trijicon may have lost jobs, but as a whole, this is just another example of groups such as cair slowly tearing away at America and what made it great.
Nuff said…
What happened to the age old Judeo-Christian principle that the customer is always right?
I hope they leave them on for the civ market too.
As far as their beliefs mixing with their business practices, I’m glad Trijicon chose to offer to remove the lettering. That means that more ACOGs can stay in the field, doing the good work that they do. Do I think its ridiculous that they have to remove the lettering? Yes, but I’d rather see a US serviceman or woman using an ACOG without JN8:12 stamped on the side, than nothing at all.
Just my $0.02 (both those pennies have “In God We Trust” on them)
I don’t blame Trijicon, I blame the politically-correct, nancy-pants military command.
Who gives a fuck? Seriously. Only in this day and age, could there be such massive butthurt over something so trite.
News-Flash: All the quotes are references, in one way or another, to light.
:rolleyes:
Does this mean there is going to be a huge market in surplus Trijicons coming up? If so, sign me up for a “slightly used ACOG”
No not “nuff said”.
That is an awfully easy position to take when you’re not the one facing unemployment, and or having to lay off dozens of people you care about.
As to why Gen. Petraeus said what he said, the fact of the matter is that our military is such a thing because it is an organization that prides it’s self on professionalism. We have the most professional military in the world, period. Everyone who has worked in a professional environment knows that your religious and political beliefs are your own private business and as such you keep them to yourselves.
Furthermore I hope to hell you’re not one of these people that think god is the only reason why this country is great. If so perhaps I can suggest you pick up a history text book and start reading. It was the actions of men and women, American men and women, who made this country great. Some may have claimed to have been inspired by their faith, but regardless it was their own actions that contributed to making this country what it is.
that sucks. i liked the idea of the references on the units, i thought it was a neat little addition. and yes, it wasnt random bible verses, but things to do to with “light” that made it kinda cool in my eyes.
I’ve worked retail, and the saying in the industry is that “The customer always thinks he’s right.”
Let’s connect that thought to all the hilarious threads on the absolute BS we all hear at gun stores, pawn shops, gun shows, bars, etc etc etc. The 1911 in .45 will knock a man backward off his feet, and remove appendages. So will any shotgun. And ask a 17 year old about his car, he’ll tell you his 84 Mustang 5.0 is a “wheelstander” and does 9 in the quarter.
The public in general doesn’t know squat about the technical specs of anything they buy and what it really can do. It’s all just a contest of ego for social dominance.
Liberals once again took things too far by rabbble rousing an issue that had no significance in daily life. Most Trijicon users had no clue about the verses. What we see here is once again that despots and terrorists succeed because good people cooperate with them.
All who justify this are just playing into the hands of the very people who will continue to tear away at all our collective rights.
Thanks for your support. Intolerance wins again.
…an asshole.
Let me get this straight:
-you bought Trijicon products in the past having NO CLUE that they were sneaking bible verses onto the casting.
They got caught & it is causing headaches for our military. so at the military’s request, they won’t proselytize secretly.
You think that justifies boycotting Trijicon?!?! :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: