Reply #16: And yet not everyone who serves in combat [View All]

[alcibiades_mystery]

blasts a bunch of civilians to hell.

The principle remains the same, regardless of my experience.

One could just as easily say "I suspect you never had an alcoholic abusive parent?, I suspect you were never sexually abused as a child? I suspect that you never had exprince X that justifie my otherwise indefensible actions, etc." It's gnosticism, and doesn't wash. Now, it may be true that these experiences should serve as mitigating factors. My only point is that they never seem to serve as mitigating factors for any exprience other than warfare. If these folks can't hack combat, they were poorly trained and should be removed from duty.