I'm confused... was the first statement supposed to be a joke?Turquoise wrote:
Interesting points... Do you know what the first thing is that you feel after you kill an innocent civilian? ...the recoil of your weapon....CommieChipmunk wrote:
...something about a conscience or some worthless part of human evolution.
However:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14975133/
"Stress disorders up dramatically in last 18 months, affecting 1/3 of vets"
If our leaders are going to ship kids off to war, they need to step up to the plate and deal with the consequences. Most people can't just go kill another human being without having some mental side effect.
I heard a report on the radio today which said that roughly 49% of national guards men and 33% of marines report some kind of PTSD. It went on to say that that statistic is probably off by a considerable amount due to the stigma associated with PTSD in the military today and the fact that not very many go in for treatment...
Do any of the vets in here have any issues with PTSD, all of the vets who came into my Vietnam class had it to some degree, we had to warn one guy about the bell going off inbetween classes because it could send him into a flash back.
But yeah.... I can imagine that killing people (innocent or not) has got to be "stressful" to say the least.
Yes, you often feel the recoil before they actually die.CommieChipmunk wrote:
I'm confused... was the first statement supposed to be a joke?Turquoise wrote:
Interesting points... Do you know what the first thing is that you feel after you kill an innocent civilian? ...the recoil of your weapon....CommieChipmunk wrote:
...something about a conscience or some worthless part of human evolution.
However:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14975133/
"Stress disorders up dramatically in last 18 months, affecting 1/3 of vets"
If our leaders are going to ship kids off to war, they need to step up to the plate and deal with the consequences. Most people can't just go kill another human being without having some mental side effect.
I heard a report on the radio today which said that roughly 49% of national guards men and 33% of marines report some kind of PTSD. It went on to say that that statistic is probably off by a considerable amount due to the stigma associated with PTSD in the military today and the fact that not very many go in for treatment...
Do any of the vets in here have any issues with PTSD, all of the vets who came into my Vietnam class had it to some degree, we had to warn one guy about the bell going off inbetween classes because it could send him into a flash back.
But yeah.... I can imagine that killing people (innocent or not) has got to be "stressful" to say the least.