Ramsey passed along this story from Jason Burke of The Observer, which Adam Hochschild mentioned at Nieman. He was making a point about observation. This is especially brilliant:
... Thus the graffiti on the walls of the Portakabins where, if you got to them later than 9am, you'd be greeted by a 5ft-high pile of soldiers' faeces:
Toilet 7: 'I am become Death, Destroyer of Worlds'; 'I am become Bored, Destroyer of Motivation'
Toilet 3: 'Though I walk through the valley of death I shall fear no evil, because I am the meanest motherfucker in the valley.'
Toilet 6: 'MARINE - Muscles Are Required, Intelegance [sic] Not Essential'
Toilet 2 (women only): 'I miss my cat.'
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