You wouldn't be alone. I suspect the armed forces of most countries have a higher population of pyschopaths than the general population. Her is an extract from a piece written by an ex-marine - the link to the whole thing follows: "If the cause of war is justified, then why do we have to be put through... [show more]

You wouldn't be alone. I suspect the armed forces of most countries have a higher population of pyschopaths than the general population.

Her is an extract from a piece written by an ex-marine - the link to the whole thing follows:

"If the cause of war is justified, then why do we have to be put through boot camp?

If you answer that we have to be trained in killing skills, well, then why is most of boot camp not focused on combat training? Why are privates shown videos of U.S. military massacres while playing Metallica in the background, thus causing us to scream with the joy of the killer instinct as brown bodies are obliterated?

Why do privates answer every command with an enthusiastic, "kill!!" instead of, "yes, sir!!" like it is in the movies?

Why do we sing cadences like these?:

"Throw some candy in the school yard,
watch the children gather round.
Load a belt in your M-60,
mow them little bastards down!!"

and

"We're gonna rape, kill, pillage and burn,
gonna rape, kill, pillage and burn!!"

These chants are meant to motivate the troops; they enjoy it, salivate from it, and get off on it. If one repeats these hundreds of times, one eventually begins to accept them as paradigmatically valid."

http://whats-happening...opaths.html

Join the army and kill people - you will please the rich and controlling who will exploit your desire to kill by heaping you with praise. If you are killed, they will shed no tears but will solemnly praise you publicly for your patriotism as a hero, and then promptly forget you and go home and have a jolly good dinner.

If you survive and come home an then get into a brawl and kill someone, you will be villified as a psycopath and executed.

Hero or psychopath? Same thing?

Think about it before you decide to take the KIng's shilling to be become someone else's toy to do with what he will. [show less]

Only you don't get to do anything good, or experience the culture - you'll spend most of your time in the most remote area of the country cleaning weapons, boots and other assorted materials assigned to you. When not doing that you'll be dodging bullets and dealing with the idiotic sentiments of your... [show more]

Only you don't get to do anything good, or experience the culture - you'll spend most of your time in the most remote area of the country cleaning weapons, boots and other assorted materials assigned to you. When not doing that you'll be dodging bullets and dealing with the idiotic sentiments of your soldier peers. [show less]