2007-02-10 07:34:14 · 15 answers · asked by Reo 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Reminds me of a question in Philosophy class, Do you have to be crazy to kill someone?
I many years later still say "no" on that point and "no" with some reservations on your question.
Depends upon situation and individual!
I have known men who would kill without a second thought, men who enjoyed killing, men who did it out of patriotism, and men who did it for money and not a one was crazy.
No they were not all in the military, though most of them were.There are many many cases of delayed stress syndrone where the person never killed anyone and a few where individuals never heard a shot fired or a body on combat field but felt guilt, whatever trauma, from just being and supporting the taking of lives.
In only a minority of cases did it seem to change man or woman for better or for worse.
There are truly stone cold killers in this world. Men to whom killing an individual is of no more import than killing a bug. I do not mean from killing too many and become hardened, thats change, but men who have no care either way.
Those people are less scary to me than are the ones who enjoy killing. I have known and met men who brag about shooting, women . chjildren and men who on a bet while in military just to prove they could do it shoot a man to win twenty bucks, as if it was a great thing
Scarier yet are the wannabe's for they know not when to kill just want to kill and they are dangerous both to the guy they shoot at and yourself.
Those guys are crazy!
There are way too damn many of them in the US of today.
Being what many would call a gun nut I frequent gun shows and firing ranges, informal and formal and I find about an equal number of these nutcases at each place.
They buy an expensive gun and holster, practice for the time someone anyone is going to try and rob, rape, their kid or wife, even kick their dog or find someone is trying to cross the mexican border, ready and willing.
Bang, one dead guy and then , the wannabe has to decide what type of "man" he is!
Will he be a hero, a nut who enjoys, a guy who goes nuts, not give a damn or hopefully he will become a changed man who finaly cherishes life as he should of in the first place.
God help us all if he is told don't worry he was nothing, an arab, a ****, a zipper head, a nip, a blackman, a sand ,,,,,, ,an infidel and believes it.
2007-02-10 10:14:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I assume you mean a human life? I really think the amount it 'changes' you is relative and dependant on what kind of person you were beforehand. I've known people who have had to kill another person and there is no discernable difference in their outlook or character, and others who have been traumatized for life. Like all general questions, yours depends on the circumstances and the people involved.
2016-05-25 03:43:01 · answer #2 · answered by Jeanine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. You cannot go over it. As a young soldier who went to war in Vietnam, it's difficult to take no matter what the justifications. Taking a life, even if it's the enemy, to me felt like violating God's commandment ("Thou shall not kill"). I know that God have a punishment for every sin. Recurring nightmares are probably His punishment for me. I just kept praying that God forgives me. I have to live with the feeling of guilt. I know that the enemy was doing his duty for his country, just the same as I do mine. I always think of his wife, children, and family who lost him. I also kept praying for them, hoping that they too can go on with their lives in spite of their loss.
I am not a religious person at all before Vietnam. But after the war, I'm a totally different person. But I'm grateful that I didn't turn out to be worse. I come to value the gift of life even more, and learned to appreciate the smallest of things. It opened my eyes to the existence of God, who guides us all to be better persons and lead our life according to his ultimate purpose. This is the biggest change in my life.
2007-02-10 09:25:01 · answer #3 · answered by roadwarrior 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In movies there are the "good guys" and the "bad guys". In real life, it seldom works that way. Not many people are the incarnation of evil. That's why the normal process in getting soldiers ready for war, there is the necessity to dehumanise the enemy. We can't easily kill another human being who we see as equal to us, as fully human as we are. We need to see him/her as subhuman, ill-intended... someone who has no conscience, no feelings, no love of life or family or friends...
They are discipled to believe that we are evil and we are programmed to believe the same about them. But the fact is that the only real evil is that anyone would be compelled to believe and act on such a perversion of the truth.
2007-02-10 07:52:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
If it were an accident , yes it would bother me for a long time. If it was my life or some one Else's, then no, it would not bother me. If it meant fighting the Iraq war here is US, that would bother me, I would rather fight them there. I will defend my own life and my country and the President of the US, and would kill to do it, and No , it would not bother me a bit. Sound cold to you, it is not, it is called defending myself and Keeping America Safe.
2007-02-10 07:49:13 · answer #5 · answered by m c 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Everything in life changes you.
2007-02-10 07:42:43 · answer #6 · answered by Randall A 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes it does. Once you have ended the life of another their spirit reminds you every time you close your eyes. Even if you killed in the name of the State
2007-02-10 07:38:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Definitely!.
2007-02-10 07:36:33 · answer #8 · answered by iraqidesertmp 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
all depends on the person who takes that life
2007-02-10 13:06:07 · answer #9 · answered by mcspic63 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, even if you kill a person breaking into your house with a weapon, it hangs over you, but maybe not as much as planned cold, hard murder.
2007-02-10 07:37:06 · answer #10 · answered by bigsey93harrison37 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋