I once spoke with an old man who served in the army when he was younger. I asked him what on earth convinced him to decide to take another man’s life for a job. He told me that before he enlisted, he never thought about the fact that soldiers kill people. It never crossed his mind that becoming a soldier would mean taking lives. He said his experience was completely normal for a military man, most of them think like he did.
I am now convinced that human beings are a nonsapient species.
And the ones who do are often just firing at the enemy position rather than aiming for an individual. In world war 2 it is estimated that 100,000 shots were fired per casualty.
I once spoke with an old man who served in the army when he was younger. I asked him what on earth convinced him to decide to take another man’s life for a job. He told me that before he enlisted, he never thought about the fact that soldiers kill people. It never crossed his mind that becoming a soldier would mean taking lives. He said his experience was completely normal for a military man, most of them think like he did.
I am now convinced that human beings are a nonsapient species.
I’ve read before that a significant number of soldiers are unable to pull the trigger when it comes time. And I’m not at all surprised about that.
And the ones who do are often just firing at the enemy position rather than aiming for an individual. In world war 2 it is estimated that 100,000 shots were fired per casualty.