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Fucking whoa, people. Ever hear of prejudicial discrimination? The vast majority of men and women in our military would never kill for fun or any other unjustified reason other than, perhaps, being afraid or overwhelmed. Sure there is bravado and morbid jocularity, but this is the same sort of thing that goes on in hospitals and police stations. It relieves stress. It doesn't mean that every person who says or laughs at these things is foaming at the mouth to kill. Hate this war, HATE IT!, I do, but for crying out loud, get a grip. You can't possibly be thinking this through to any logical conclusion about the ethical standards of our troops as a whole. Fucked up, horrible shit happens...it happens EVERYWHERE. It happens here in my hometown everyday and there's no war going on here. You can't take the actions of a few and use it to summarize the intentions of the whole. It is simple textbook bias.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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