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EleanorRIgby
Canada3923 Posts
probably because the US media makes a big deal out of EVERYTHING | ||
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Lightningbullet
United States507 Posts
On September 28 2010 09:23 seRapH wrote: wtf. if this shit is real then this is like rape of nanking all over again. bullshit. ahhhhhh..........nooooooooooooooo..... cuz the rape of Nanking was a whole Japanese army. I'm Chinese so I would know. But of we use generalization, it might work. | ||
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enzym
Germany1034 Posts
On September 28 2010 12:31 EleanorRIgby wrote: quite the opposite. the us media has been very passive in reporting on these things because they fear to lose access to their sources. look at independent sources/documentaries or youtube for example if you want to get a picture of what kind of things happen there. this is neither the only case nor the only kind of case that's happened. why do i only hear US soldiers doing these things probably because the US media makes a big deal out of EVERYTHING | ||
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
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enzym
Germany1034 Posts
On September 28 2010 12:44 Chairman Ray wrote: This isn't too big a deal for US troops. It seems that at least once a month there's news about something horrifying that US soldiers did. I really hope they clean up their act. i hope the same. but as of now they have preferred the sweep things under the rug approach, using arguments like "publication of it is a threat to national security and will endanger the lives of americans and our soldiers", instead of just not having these things happen. | ||
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Alou
United States3748 Posts
On September 28 2010 12:31 EleanorRIgby wrote: why do i only hear US soldiers doing these things probably because the US media makes a big deal out of EVERYTHING The US Media makes a big deal out of various things. Not everything. There's a difference. | ||
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monolith94
United States47 Posts
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Jank
United States308 Posts
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dybydx
Canada1764 Posts
On September 28 2010 12:57 monolith94 wrote: The problem isn't necessarily that psychos join the military. The problem is that the military has for decades developed training routines designed to break down man's resistance to killing. It was discovered in world war 1 that many soldiers simply wouldn't shoot, and military training regimens have been trying to reduce that percentage ever since. Situations like this are the consequence. agreed. the military was meant to be a killing machine. not policing and protecting. which is why i always felt military solution for a policing problem is the wrong approach. | ||
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Shizuru~
Malaysia1676 Posts
On September 28 2010 12:58 Therapy wrote: Pretty messed up shit. I don't understand the heavy emphasis on hash smoking, clearly theres enough scientific evidence that smoking hash doesn't make you a violent psychopath. Thats what the military training is for. funny how this story came up right when California is pushing to legalise marijuana huh? | ||
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Jank
United States308 Posts
On September 28 2010 13:16 Shizuru~ wrote: funny how this story came up right when California is pushing to legalise marijuana huh? Yeah I drew that same connection actually. God bless the media =/ | ||
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EleanorRIgby
Canada3923 Posts
On September 28 2010 12:53 Alou wrote: The US Media makes a big deal out of various things. Not everything. There's a difference. still i never hear Canadian or British soldiers doing these things | ||
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jacen
Austria3644 Posts
On September 28 2010 13:23 EleanorRIgby wrote: still i never hear Canadian or British soldiers doing these things Maybe because not enough of them are involved? The us has the most soldiers deployed there no? | ||
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EleanorRIgby
Canada3923 Posts
On September 28 2010 13:29 jacen wrote: Maybe because not enough of them are involved? The us has the most soldiers deployed there no? yea i know i was just thinking the US media was blowing things out of proportion | ||
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LaLLsc2
United States502 Posts
On September 28 2010 09:37 Tazza wrote: Just sick, absolutey despicable. Who's the terrorists now? Whos the terrorists now? Ive read of 15 bombings over the last 2 months in different parts of Europe and the middle east. All claimed by the same organization. Were all the same person, some good some bad, were all the same person. I dont get why people dont understand this. Give someone a gun and the power to dictate who lives and dies and there are going to be people like this. I dont care if you're from the USA, Afganistan, UK, Iran, France or China were all the same person. | ||
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Elegy
United States1629 Posts
And because the USA provides the vast majority of manpower to the conflict, the statistical chance that Americans would do this is simply that much more likely. It's sad, it's disappointing, and it's tragic, but it was bound to happen given the number of people involved in the conflict and the extreme stress they are put under. On another note, US Army infantry branch is the hardest after MI to get into (for officers) . or it was a year or so ago An important thing to take from this is not to associate the actions of a few rogue soldiers who cracked with the US military as a whole. To do so is arguably a greater wrong than the deaths of these people | ||
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Apexplayer
United States406 Posts
Oh wait.... | ||
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nard
Germany124 Posts
On September 28 2010 13:29 jacen wrote: Maybe because not enough of them are involved? The us has the most soldiers deployed there no? No. Nearly 70% of the currently employed soldiers are private contractors. Most of the soldiers are not fighting for the illusion of bringing democracy but for their paychecks. | ||
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Railxp
Hong Kong1313 Posts
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Pyrrhuloxia
United States6700 Posts
On September 28 2010 09:23 seRapH wrote: wtf. if this shit is real then this is like rape of nanking all over again. bullshit. 3 murders = 100,000-200,00 murders, 20,000-60,000 rapes, etc. ? I believe your math may be inaccurate. | ||
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