I grew up during Vietnam; when I listened to the news reports about "armed guerillas" I thought there were literally armed GORILLAS running around the forest with M16s. I couldn't imagine what in the world they were fighting about. I also thought that the black paint that football and baseball players put under their eyes were actual black eyes, and that it must be an awfully rough game if EVERYBODY had black eyes. Finally, I was grown before I realized that a fiddle and a violin are the same thing (and I grew up in Nashville, TN!)
A childhood belief about wars
you weren't the only one
83 of you believed this
- I thought “guerrilla tactics” meant fighting like a gorilla— beating your chest and that sort of thing.— Kai
- I was convinced that Gorilla soldiers in Vietnam in the 70's were real Gorillas attacking other Soldiers.— Mario
- that Guerilla Warfare was called "Gorilla Warfare" and it's about fighting gorillasAnon
- From a TV news program about freedom fighters, I though that `Gorrillas` could use guns.— adrian
- That "guerilla warfare" involved real Gorillas.— Geoffrey
- I used to beleive that gorilla wars were fought by gorillas.— Professor Luke