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Memnoch · 04-13-2004, 08:41 PM

"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."

- sometimes attributed to George Orwell

This doesn't mean that those rough men are suddenly excepted from rules of "decency," as Hal put it. I can't imagine that the guys who flew the planes holding the first atomic bombs were too thrilled that they had a hand in killing hundreds of thousands of people. I don't think they'd make a sign saying "I fucked this Japanese chick, and our baby is going to have tentacles from the radiation I poured on its mommy!" I understand the need for humor, I understand that it's incredibly hard to deal with the violence and death day after day. But if you can't handle it without losing your sense of humanity and decency and dignity, you shouldn't have fucking signed up in the first place. I feel no sympathy towards soldiers who are part of a volunteer army - this was Bourdreaux's choice, so he must live with the consequences, and should do his damnedest to make sure no one but himself comes to any disrepute or indignance because of his poor judgment.

04-13-2004, 08:41 PM	#42 (permalink)
Memnoch Insane Location: Land of milk and honey - Wisconsin	"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - sometimes attributed to George Orwell This doesn't mean that those rough men are suddenly excepted from rules of "decency," as Hal put it. I can't imagine that the guys who flew the planes holding the first atomic bombs were too thrilled that they had a hand in killing hundreds of thousands of people. I don't think they'd make a sign saying "I fucked this Japanese chick, and our baby is going to have tentacles from the radiation I poured on its mommy!" I understand the need for humor, I understand that it's incredibly hard to deal with the violence and death day after day. But if you can't handle it without losing your sense of humanity and decency and dignity, you shouldn't have fucking signed up in the first place. I feel no sympathy towards soldiers who are part of a volunteer army - this was Bourdreaux's choice, so he must live with the consequences, and should do his damnedest to make sure no one but himself comes to any disrepute or indignance because of his poor judgment. __________________ Doing my best not to end up like Kathleen Chang.