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Old 04-08-2010, 04:04 AM   #120 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru
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Originally Posted by Shauk View Post
It shouldn't be surprising to anyone to hear these guys act like they "WANT" to kill them. I mean they did enlist, after all. You've got to want it, or at least be ambivalent about ending a human life if you're willing to become a pawn
Isn't this like saying lawyers want lawlessness; doctors want people to be sick and injured; firefighters want fires to break out; paramedics want horrific accidents; coroners want people to die...?

You know, so they can practice "what they signed up for".... Can you imagine the twisted desires of those who work for Doctors without Borders? Not only do they want people to be sick and injured, they also want it in a backdrop of poverty, war, and/or endemic disease.

I don't think it helps to further dehumanize an already dehumanizing aspect of our world.

For the record, I was surprised to hear what I deemed an eagerness to shoot without having adequate information.
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