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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
No dog in this hunt, but it seems to me that people are drawn to the jobs where they get paid to (and have permission to) do what they want. People who like to argue become lawyers.
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That's bullshit.
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People who want to be in charge become cops. People who like computer shit go to google. People who want to kill are drawn to the military.
Obviously this isn't true of whatever-number-approaching-100%-is-correct of those joining the armed forces, but someone who has killed dozens upon dozens of people probably has a predilection for killing. We just give that guy the training and the tools to be efficient. And I firmly believe that the armed forces are constantly on the lookout for these types because we want them on that wall. We need them on that wall.
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You are seeing this as yes/no -- does he have a predilection for killing or not. I see it as a spectrum, from the Buddhist who wouldn't step on an ant to the Jeffrey Dahmer.... The military is going to look to one end of that spectrum, but in today's military especially someone on the extreme end is going to be a disaster. Particularly with a sniper, in a war where the enemy isn't in uniform -- you want a guy who, on the one hand, is able to pull the trigger without remorse, but, on the other hand, can exercise judgment and patience and not pull the trigger when he shouldn't.
Is it possible that I am the only one who saw the Nightly Show episode?
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