Just curious, have you spoken to soliders that came back from war and asked them if they feel duped into enlisting?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <r...@...> wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of raunchydog > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 11:55 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FW: It was good enough for Senators Obama and > Biden... > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > I posted it in all sincerity and signed the petition myself (for what it's > > worth). I'm very sorry about what happened to your niece and I'm afraid I > > don't have answers to the important questions you asked. It's hard for me > to > > imagine being the victim of such violence. I could give you philosophical > > musings about karma, free will, etc., but we just make ourselves feel good > > with those things. You're right. We do live in a sick society. You and I > > live in pockets of relative sanity, but far too many people have been > going > > through hell for far too long. I could argue that men have been the > victims > > of their fair share of violence too, mostly as soldiers, but then men have > > been primarily responsible for starting the wars (although Condi probably > > played a significant part in starting the last one). So I can only give > you > > platitudes and sympathy and my sincere hopes that we are indeed shifting > > into a more enlightened age. Let's each individually continue to > contribute > > all we can to facilitating that shift, and be careful not to do anything > to > > impede it. > > > > Thanks, Rick. I don't know if I see a moral equivalency between killing > soldiers and raping women. Soldiers enlist and at least have a fighting > chance. In countries blown to bits by war, chaos is a way of life and raping > women is a sport. Sick, indeed. I'll see you at Lobe sack's town hall. > Good point. One observation, perhaps invalid, is that women "enlist" in > relationships with the wrong guys, just as soldiers are often duped into > enlisting for reasons other than those for which the war is actually being > fought. Both go through hell as a consequence. >
