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Thread: Another Ranger Parallel
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WornTraveler
Fri Apr 15, 2005 7:25 pm
#1
The other night, while fiddling around with the tube's bunny ears in my room, I managed by some freak occurance to get the Discovery Channel. With my internet connection down and nohing else to do, I decided to watch it.
And lo, I see that the next show is about Rangers in Kenya. As I watched I got a new view on Rangers.
The show discussed how the Rangers were not like park Rangers you might find in the U.S.- these Rangers were not only expert hunters, trackers, and survivors, but also were trained by the military to fight poachers. Poaching in the U.S means a guy with a shotgun shooting deer from his porch out-of-season, but in Kenya it is apparently more towards a bunch of guys with automatic weapons riding around and shooting anything they see that might draw in profit- particularly elephants, for tusk ivory.
Anyways, just thought it was a new spin on things and I believe it is the best real-life ranger parallel I have seen before. we have been compared to elite military forces, dirty orc-fighting mideival heroes (Aragorn, LotR), and other such entities, but this particular type of ranger seems the most even blend of hunter and fighter.
And the best part waas when I got to see them pitcha tent
Could have sworn it was the exact same setup as the basic camp at novice scout.
Could have sworn it was the exact same setup as the basic camp at novice scout.
Dariane_Kamutsovy
Fri Apr 15, 2005 10:41 pm
#2
Hush, don't let the devs hear you, otherwise they'd take away our beloved HTFB
WornTraveler wrote:
The other night, while fiddling around with the tube's bunny ears in my room, I managed by some freak occurance to get the Discovery Channel. With my internet connection down and nohing else to do, I decided to watch it.
And lo, I see that the next show is about Rangers in Kenya. As I watched I got a new view on Rangers.
The show discussed how the Rangers were not like park Rangers you might find in the U.S.- these Rangers were not only expert hunters, trackers, and survivors, but also were trained by the military to fight poachers. Poaching in the U.S means a guy with a shotgun shooting deer from his porch out-of-season, but in Kenya it is apparently more towards a bunch of guys with automatic weapons riding around and shooting anything they see that might draw in profit- particularly elephants, for tusk ivory.
Anyways, just thought it was a new spin on things and I believe it is the best real-life ranger parallel I have seen before. we have been compared to elite military forces, dirty orc-fighting mideival heroes (Aragorn, LotR), and other such entities, but this particular type of ranger seems the most even blend of hunter and fighter.
And the best part waas when I got to see them pitcha tent
agent156
Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:00 pm
#3
Oh I've seen them on another show. There where a crack team of 5 or 6 that guarded this one Black Rhino 24/7. It was kinda cool.
Ya they get in fire fights to. Those dude are hardcore.
Ya they get in fire fights to. Those dude are hardcore.
linusboarder
Sat Apr 16, 2005 7:53 am
#4
agent156 wrote:
Oh I've seen them on another show. There where a crack team of 5 or 6 that guarded this one Black Rhino 24/7. It was kinda cool.
Ya they get in fire fights to. Those dude are hardcore.
Hmm were they Anatarian Rangers?
Circe' Pojia
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