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Old 01-12-2010, 01:41 PM   #37 (permalink)
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I don't think that it necessarily matters if a soldier was "trained" to do any of that if "dehumanizing the other" is the outcome. Whether or not "dehumanizing the other" expressed via racist comments or direct violence is pervasive in the military, I don't know.

More to the OP: I don't give members of the military any more or less deference than I give anyone else.
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