From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Wed Jun 02 2004 - 21:50:18 BST
On 2 Jun 2004 at 20:10, David Robjant wrote:
I see what you say about pyschopathic behaviour on all sides tending
to be the natural consequence of all prolonged conflict. There is
truth in that, although one might say that this was one thing that
training is desgined to prevent. But the cheif point about this is
that if we take your argument to be both cogent and sound here, this
would have to be another argument against fighting Hitler - and we
know what we think about those, I hope.
msh says:
Hi again. This was not an argument against war; just a statement of
fact about war. What I was hoping to convey is that there is no
reason to believe that combatants on any side are excluded from
engaging in psychopathic behavior. When people from one country
believe that THEIR soldiers are above this, it is a result of being
TOLD so their entire lives, not from any historical analysis.
Thanks again,
Msh
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