Nothing Arlo said would lead a normal human being that made it past the 1st grade to the conclusion this story was going to end with “bits of flesh stuck to the bayonet.”
Arlo tells us this is a story from Reader’s Digest’s Humor In Uniform, meaning this is a humorous (i.e. FUNNY) story, something that “bits of flesh stuck to the bayonet” most definitely is not.
In the 2nd panel, he talks about a “SALAMI” and specifically says what was done with the salami and no where in the strip is “bits of flesh stuck to the bayonet” mentioned, suggested, inferred, implied, insinuated or alluded to.
So, please explain to me what giant leap of “logic” the two of you Bozos had to make to go from a humorous story in a family friendly magazine about a soldier slicing a salami to share with his buddies to a grisly, horrific murder?
Might I be so bold as to suggest that the two of you should read more Twain and less Poe.
Btw, a bayonet is used to impale your enemy. You stuck it in your opponent’s body and then pulled in out. There would be some blood on the blade, but not “bits of flesh” stuck on it kabob style.
I’ve never considered that thanking a Vet could be painful for them. But I can see where that would happen.
I know that many US Vietnam vets were hurt deeply because there was no positive acknowledgment of their service/sacrifice by the Country when they came home. In recent years many Americans have been trying to make up for that injustice by diligently acknowledging our Vets and their sacrifices.
I still remember what my mother in law said just before she died.
‘Stop shaking the ladder YOU LITTLE ****!’