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Subject:	Re: Voluntary, private discrimination (Was: Disparicies in Sentencing)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Mon, 13 Sep 1999 20:35:07 GMT
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Mike Stanley wrote: > Heh, that's a helluva understatement. Rather than say the military > trains soldiers not to feel "bad" about killing the enemy (they're not > people), I'd say we were trained to enjoy, even long for doing it. > > Luckily, a lot of that brainwashing type stuff goes away after basic, > and it does wear off eventually, although I'm personally convinced it > leaves the soldier a harder/colder person than he was before. I must imagine so. I just wanted to make certain that killing a person is totally different when you are a soldier, and that they have training for that. I have the highest regards for the armed services, I am glad they are there! Murder is awful, and not to be taken lightly. It is a different matter, legally, in the regular day to day life citizenry, however. Thank you for your service to our country, sir! > What makes the green grass grow? I don't know what this means, so I will not comment on it! :) -- Scott E. Sanburn CADD Operator, CADD Systems Administrator Affiliated Engineers, Inc. Ann Arbor, MI Work Page: http://www.aeieng.com/ Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/~legoguy712/index.html Lego Page: http://www.geocities.com/~legoguy712/legoindex.html “The more people I meet, the more I like my Lego collection.”

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		Re: Voluntary, private discrimination (Was: Disparicies in Sentencing)
(...) that. (...) legally, (...) I hope you can see just how stupid-sounding what you just said was. Murder is okay when done at the command of a military officer, but not okay when otherwise? Morality doesn't play into this at all; you just obey (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Voluntary, private discrimination (Was: Disparicies in Sentencing)
(...) Just to clarify, I was speaking of just citizenry, and everyday life. The military and soldiers is a totally different arena. The military trains you not to feel "bad" about killing people, it is one of your duties, if you are ordered so. (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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