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I have read alot about the book, and the claims of rape (Im not saying that they are claims of rape because I dont beleive them, but because I dont have all the facts, and like a court case, until we do have all the proof, its a claim.. sorry if you dont like my wording)
There are alot of flame wars about this all over the web.. And I'm pretty sick of one thing. Not the claims, not the attention.. But the fact that the author is making alot of money over the pain of Lynch, the pain of her unit, the force in general, and an entire population who is suddenly realizing they're stuck in a war that isnt going to go away. Are they going to write a book about the other 387 U.S. troops that have died? Is every penny being fed right back into Vetren's associations?
I doubt it.
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"Life is possible only with illusions. And so, the question for the science of mental health must become an absolutely new and revolutionary one, yet one that reflects the essence of the human condition: On what level of illusion does one live?"
-- Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
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