# Martin Hyde, you're a fucking idiot **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 12, 2006, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-hyde-youre-a-fucking-idiot/344078 "2006-02-12T04:09:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 261
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-hyde-youre-a-fucking-idiot/344078/261 "2006-02-18T03:16:23Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > Martin Hyde, three of my friends attended U.S. Military Academies. Two graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1965 and one graduated from West Point in 1964. I **know** what their summers and their day-to-day lives were like. I have been to West Point because my friend, Capt. Black, was buried there after volunteering for a second tour of duty in Vietnam. Your lies would desecrate that ground if I thought that you were more than just a child. > > I have also been to the Naval Academy. > > Your description of the routine at West Point could not be farther from the truth. You have gone too far this time. Do you care to identify any of my “lies.” I have no idea what West Point was like in the 60s, I graduated in 1978 in case you are curious. Furthermore, why would I lie about day to day life at West Point? You do realize that there are a multitude of websites out there that explain what life at West Point is like, if I really was a big liar like askeptic said, I’d have resources at my disposal to make my lies more plausible. I may have gone too far in what I said. West Point _isn’t_ like any other college, at the same time though, there are more similarities than most people realize and that’s sort of what I wanted to convey in the post of mine that you were referencing. In a regular week the focus _really was_ on academics. I guess my experiences may not have been “regular college student” but I do think academically speaking they were very similar, and that’s what I was trying to convey. That I was cramming for tests and such just like every one else. I also was required to participate in a sport, dress a certain way, maintain my room a certain way, and march and participate in more “cadet” activities. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-hyde-youre-a-fucking-idiot/344078)._