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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
jorgelito, look at the karmic straitjacket this way: It can mean being forced to do something that will affect you for the rest of your life
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Ask any vet that, and I bet they will agree. Killing in war may not be the same as "murder" (in whatever legal sense), but as an armchair psychologist, I do believe it affects the human soul in much the same way. I don't see how it can possibly make anyone a better person. It does not make a person "worse," but there is no way to avoid the scar it leaves on you.
Take for example that Chapman kid (the thread I started earlier this week) who accidentally backed over his 5 year old sister in the family driveway. He didn't "murder" her, but would it surprise any of you that no matter how much forgiveness and grace is involved, he is never going to entirely be the same person as he was before that event? It's going to mark him, even if to one other than himself. Frankly, I'd be more concerned if it DIDN'T haunt him, you know? That's what concerns me about any kind of military training... the whole purpose is to deaden your nerves against what you are about to do. I just don't know how healthy that is for humanity as a whole. But it's not going to go away anytime soon, given human history... we evolve so slowly.