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Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 8 Jul 2004 19:49:02 GMT
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"Bruce Schlickbernd" <corsair@schlickbernd.org> wrote in message
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> Interesting comments by you and Frank. I have a reaction on a couple of
> different levels. One, as a soldier, I sure as heck wouldn't want those • guys
> forced into guarding my back. Two, at some point, people as individuals • must
> question their orders ("shoot that lot of prisoners over there", "torture • that
> guy", "Gas those guys who look different"). You have to know that being • in the
> military involves killing people, but at some point you have to draw the • line.
> However, if I was a volunteer soldier I would not have drawn it where • these guys
> did. Still, I would rather see Canada accept them.
Good point about people who don't want to be there guarding people's back...
I think the military training probably needs to strive for the best possible
tests of fitness for service, which includes psychological as well as
physical fitness.
You are right also that a soldier always has to be prepared to say "no" to
an order, however, one should ask oneself before joining: "If we actually go
and engage in a war like the past wars we have engaged in, will I be willing
to shoot?" If the answer is "No." then don't join.
Frank
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