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Pariah said:
I was referring to all the soldiers.
Well r3x, that brings us back to square one doesn't it.

I feel he didn't cross any lines and I've expressed why while you do feel he's crossed a line and you've expressed why.

I think this issue is very much more important from the soldiers' outlook rather than the citizens of America. And essentially, I think it's fun to live. And from my POV, I think by taking away a soldier's ability to keep levity and shackling themselves with the multi-defined word "honor", you'd be lowering his odds at keeping that life.

And I don't think we're going to bypass that.


I knew a guy who'd spent a year in Iraq for the National Guard. The US troops have quite a bit on base for "fun." They get DVDs, books, internet, and off-time on a secure base to relax. There's no reason to say that they "need" to enjoy the time in combat. They don't need levity on the combat field. In fact treating combat/killing like fun would more likely make them reckless because they'd lost sight of how serious their situation is.

Bow ties are coool.