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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
My question, to those that compare the job of the U.S. military to that of a tax accountant, and to those that claim that military personnel are indeed heartless, warmongering, blood-lusting bastards, is where are you getting your information...and off of what experience are basing your opinion?
I know from where my own viewpoints are based. I've lived it. I walked the walk. I possess a basis of experience from which I can draw to formulate an informed belief system.
Do not presume that you know what the military is, and how it operates, just because you've seen it in a movie.
I've seen Star Trek...that doesn't qualify me to speak with any authority on intergalactic space travel.
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An accountant is responsible for his actions even when ordered by his boss. A soldier is responsible for his actions even when ordered by his commanding officer. That is all I said, in response to the post that claimed one could not hold a soldier responsible because they were only following orders. If that is "comparing the job of the U.S. military to that of a tax accountant" in your mind, you must be reading far more into it.
And no, I do not accept the "you can't judge them because you don't know what it's like" argument. There are countless things I have not done, that does not mean I do not possess a basis of experience from which I can draw to formulate an
informed belief system.