Hi
It is only my subjective impression, but in reading the comments about these
events on the NY Times, there seemed to be a striking difference in reaction of
civilians (for want of a better term) and people who self-reported having seen
action during military service. The latter seemed more
Tim Shearon asks:
what evidence is there that these particular individuals are not exceptional
(exceptionally bad examples!).
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I had second thoughts after sending the outrage that Tim was referring to
(still partially hanging below) because I know that psychopathic individuals
are drawn
Bill Scott said:
"I don't think these troops grew up a[s] psychopaths, but they are acting as
such in their occupations. Do we want this to be the result of our boot camps
and on the job training? Are we providing the proper discriminative stimuli"
Bill, I was mostly following you up to that poi
>>> Beth Benoit 04/08/10 7:29 PM >>>writes:
I'll be interested to read the analysis.
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The "analysis" published here is hardly an analysis but rather a justification
as explanation of the actions of helicopter snipers. Although there may be a
way to understand what is going on
I watched this from the Wikipedia site a couple of days ago and am still
just sick. The laughter ("They just ran over a body...can you believe it?
Ha ha ha!") and other comments were very upsetting. Be forewarned. It's
heavy stuff. I'll be interested to read the analysis.
Beth Benoit
Granite St
