{"id":137415,"date":"2018-11-06T11:10:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T18:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/11\/06\/asinine-prank-may-trigger-discipline.html"},"modified":"2018-11-07T09:30:16","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T16:30:16","slug":"asinine-prank-may-trigger-discipline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/11\/06\/asinine-prank-may-trigger-discipline.html","title":{"rendered":"Asinine prank &#8220;may&#8221; trigger discipline?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#39;s hard to believe that theft of Air Force&#39;s mascot, which led to injuries of the gyrfalcon&#39;s wings to the extent there was concern she might need to be euthanized, <i>wouldn&#39;t<\/i> &quot;trigger discipline.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&#10077; <i>Aurora, a 22-year-old rare gyrfalcon, was injured over the weekend when she and another falcon were stolen, wrapped in sweaters and shoved in dog crates while on the road in West Point, N.Y., for the Air Force\/Army football game. Aurora is the lead mascot for the academy&rsquo;s football, basketball and hockey teams.<\/i> &#10078;<\/p>\n<p>Which seems a pretty direct violation of the Army Cadet Honor Code: &quot;&quot;A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal or tolerate those who do.&quot; Indeed, failure to discipline the two yahoos who did this would seem to &quot;tolerate&quot; such an action.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/11\/05\/air-force-falcon-mascot-injured-prank\/'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/LI9WRakoMZuwpqhtK6lqbuKq_xa0IZp9a6xhTsSCQT2jsMnIKQK2s4TZBAD6ea0T5x_5Et6ElKvorm02uAlQpyB4h2_ppD2ZK-XyQtgi9xx9UJVlVo3izQUYnefe_maZ7bTqiAndqIQm=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/11\/05\/air-force-falcon-mascot-injured-prank\/'>West Point prank that injured beloved Air Force Academy falcon may trigger discipline<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nAurora, the Air Force Academy&rsquo;s 22-year-old falcon mascot, is recovering at home after she was injured in a prank at West Point.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/EpcKrmghKS8'>Original Post<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#39;s hard to believe that theft of Air Force&#39;s mascot, which led to injuries of the gyrfalcon&#39;s wings to the extent there was concern she might need to be euthanized, wouldn&#39;t &quot;trigger discipline.&quot; &#10077; Aurora, a 22-year-old rare gyrfalcon, was injured over the weekend when she and another falcon were stolen, wrapped in sweaters and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/11\/06\/asinine-prank-may-trigger-discipline.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Asinine prank &#8220;may&#8221; trigger discipline?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,349,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-military","category-school-daze"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4289,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/09\/30\/i_find_your_lac.html","url_meta":{"origin":137415,"position":0},"title":"&#8220;I find your lack of faith distubing&#8221;","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 30-Sep-03 1:28pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Ouch. 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