OK KIDS, NOW I DONE SEEN THE WEARING OF DOGTAGS ON THE RISE....BY EVERYONE FROM GRANDMAS TO 6 YEAR OLD GIRLS...WITH EVERYTHING FROM RHINESTONES TO FLASHING LED LIGHTS TO SPINNING FACES....
THIS HAS TO STOP
Dogtags were originally used by soldiers...The Civil War provided the first recorded incident of American soldiers making an effort to ensure that their identities would be known should they die on the battlefield. Their methods were varied, and all were taken on a soldier's own initiative. In 1863, prior to the battle of Mine's Run in northern Virginia, General Meade's troops wrote their names and unit designations on paper tags and pinned them to their clothing. Many soldiers took great care to mark all their personal belongings. Some troops fashioned their own "ID" (identification) tags out of pieces of wood, boring a hole in one end so that they could be worn on a string around the neck. Thee sole purpose of the identification tag is stated by its designation. Tags found around the neck of a casualty, and only those tags found around the neck, stay with the remains at all times tags found any place besides around the neck are made note of in the Record of Personal Effects of Deceased Personnel, and placed in an effects bag. They are not removed unless there is a need to temporarily inter the remains. If there is only one tag present, another is made to match the first. If the remains are unidentified, two tags marked "unidentified" are made.
NOW I SEE PEOPLE WEARING DSOGTAGS IN PINK, GOLD, AND BABY BLUE...WITH FACES AND SLOGANS ON THEM....I SEE A 6 YEAR OLD GIRL WITH A PIC OF BOW WOW....A 12 YEAR OLD KID WITH ONE OF THE MARLBORO MAN...AND I SEE MY HOMEBOY THE OPTHER DAY WITH ONE THAT HAS HIS DAUGHTERS FACE ON IT...WITH FAKE DIAMONDS AND FLASHING LIGHTS...
WHAT THE FUCK...?????
IF ANYTHING DOGTAGS SHOULD BE SEEN AS A WAY OF MEMORIALIZING THE DEAD...ORIGINALLY IF YOU ARE WEARING SOMEONE ELSES DOGTAG IS BECAUSE YOUR BRINGING IT BACK FROM WAR, AND HE/SHE IS NO LONGER ALIVE, VIETNAM VETS WOULD BRING ONE TAG BACK TO GIVE TO THE NEXT OF KIN....OR TO REMEMBER THE FALLEN SOLDIER WHOS BODY COULDNT COME HOME...
NOT BECAUSE YOU LOVE LIL BOW WOW
NOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE A CUTE KID
NOT BECAUSE YOU WANNA LOOK LIKE A RAP STAR
NOT BECAUSE YOU SMOKE MARLBORO
NOT BECAUSE YOU THINK IT LOOKS COOL
PEOPLE GOT IT TWISTED
"ITS EASY TO BE A SOLDIER WHEN THERE AINT NO WAR"
I SAYETH TO YOU....I WILL GIVE $5 TO ANYONE THAT SNATCHES THESE FAKES OFF THE NECKS OF 12-15 YEAR OLD PUNKS ON THE STREETS....$5 FOR EACH DOGTAG SNATCHED...$20 IF YOU HAVE PICS OR VIDEO OF THE PERSON YOU SNATCHED IT FROM (PLEASE ALTER ANY FACES OR VOICES FOR PROTECTION)
please end this god forsaken fad.....along with LED belts with messages....spinner ANYTHING, and fake plast-inum ( not platinum) chains....oh yeah those fake 9 carat diamond earring gotta go too, cats thinkin they wearing $50k on they ear and they didnt even cost $50
THIS HAS TO STOP
Dogtags were originally used by soldiers...The Civil War provided the first recorded incident of American soldiers making an effort to ensure that their identities would be known should they die on the battlefield. Their methods were varied, and all were taken on a soldier's own initiative. In 1863, prior to the battle of Mine's Run in northern Virginia, General Meade's troops wrote their names and unit designations on paper tags and pinned them to their clothing. Many soldiers took great care to mark all their personal belongings. Some troops fashioned their own "ID" (identification) tags out of pieces of wood, boring a hole in one end so that they could be worn on a string around the neck. Thee sole purpose of the identification tag is stated by its designation. Tags found around the neck of a casualty, and only those tags found around the neck, stay with the remains at all times tags found any place besides around the neck are made note of in the Record of Personal Effects of Deceased Personnel, and placed in an effects bag. They are not removed unless there is a need to temporarily inter the remains. If there is only one tag present, another is made to match the first. If the remains are unidentified, two tags marked "unidentified" are made.
NOW I SEE PEOPLE WEARING DSOGTAGS IN PINK, GOLD, AND BABY BLUE...WITH FACES AND SLOGANS ON THEM....I SEE A 6 YEAR OLD GIRL WITH A PIC OF BOW WOW....A 12 YEAR OLD KID WITH ONE OF THE MARLBORO MAN...AND I SEE MY HOMEBOY THE OPTHER DAY WITH ONE THAT HAS HIS DAUGHTERS FACE ON IT...WITH FAKE DIAMONDS AND FLASHING LIGHTS...
WHAT THE FUCK...?????
IF ANYTHING DOGTAGS SHOULD BE SEEN AS A WAY OF MEMORIALIZING THE DEAD...ORIGINALLY IF YOU ARE WEARING SOMEONE ELSES DOGTAG IS BECAUSE YOUR BRINGING IT BACK FROM WAR, AND HE/SHE IS NO LONGER ALIVE, VIETNAM VETS WOULD BRING ONE TAG BACK TO GIVE TO THE NEXT OF KIN....OR TO REMEMBER THE FALLEN SOLDIER WHOS BODY COULDNT COME HOME...
NOT BECAUSE YOU LOVE LIL BOW WOW
NOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE A CUTE KID
NOT BECAUSE YOU WANNA LOOK LIKE A RAP STAR
NOT BECAUSE YOU SMOKE MARLBORO
NOT BECAUSE YOU THINK IT LOOKS COOL
PEOPLE GOT IT TWISTED
"ITS EASY TO BE A SOLDIER WHEN THERE AINT NO WAR"
I SAYETH TO YOU....I WILL GIVE $5 TO ANYONE THAT SNATCHES THESE FAKES OFF THE NECKS OF 12-15 YEAR OLD PUNKS ON THE STREETS....$5 FOR EACH DOGTAG SNATCHED...$20 IF YOU HAVE PICS OR VIDEO OF THE PERSON YOU SNATCHED IT FROM (PLEASE ALTER ANY FACES OR VOICES FOR PROTECTION)
please end this god forsaken fad.....along with LED belts with messages....spinner ANYTHING, and fake plast-inum ( not platinum) chains....oh yeah those fake 9 carat diamond earring gotta go too, cats thinkin they wearing $50k on they ear and they didnt even cost $50
