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Are we just getting too soft?
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They lived it, and many got PTSD. They (mostly, COs were/are brave) didn't have a choice
People have been writing of the horrors of war for eons, and waging it for longer. To put things in perspective, the American Civil War was about as as distant to them as the beginning of World War Two is to us, some seventy-eighty years, dependent on which specific dates you choose.
I think there's more to it than that. They believed in their government and country, unequivocally ("my country right or wrong"). We are in an era where questioning authority is much more accepted, even to some extent expected. That's a good thing. Physical bravery is a good thing. Mental and ethical bravery is no less of a good thing.
I find that mildly mind-blowing.
The "realities of war" are small compared to the realities AFTER war. That's where the incentive lies.
You really can't unless you're positive of the origin.
They tried to train FDA dogs, but they hugged the floor and slithered away.
We're definitely getting soft. Why, just today, I've seen threads about short scale basses, flat wound strings (don't blister your little fingers!), amplifiers with transistors , and speakers with some kinda newfangled magnets.
Yeah, whenever people talk about historical events, or I learn about them, I look back in time to see what was their recent history, and also look at what's going on around the world. It helps contextualize things for me. Want another one? Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.
I'm feeling more charitable this morning. I think they should include all you can eat of Tabaso sauce with those meals. Problems solved.
Me want some now...
Yes..yes...we have become softer than the softest pudding.
People everywhere are becoming softer,fatter and more dimpled.
Nowadays people dress to LOOK tough.......but underneath they are fragile and flimsy.
The slightest thing upsets them.
And they cry at a moment's notice.
Whenever they are away from their families for more than 10 minutes they have a meltdown.
In the old days they would have been called sissies........but now they're too wimpy to even be known by that name.
People everywhere are becoming softer,fatter and more dimpled.
Nowadays people dress to LOOK tough.......but underneath they are fragile and flimsy.
The slightest thing upsets them.
And they cry at a moment's notice.
Whenever they are away from their families for more than 10 minutes they have a meltdown.
In the old days they would have been called sissies........but now they're too wimpy to even be known by that name.
Generalizations: the hallmark of a weak argument
Ya know. People are the same now as they were then. Maybe our world is going well enough that we can worry about our overall happiness instead of having to mentally grapple with a letter from the selective service.
Also, there was a time when the toughest guys who coped with war could rarely cope with their daughter dating a black man (some still have this delema). I'll take tolorence of people over tolorence of horror any day.
Back to the topic... Prisoner rights and the question of if solitary confinement is inhuman are both very serious issues. I'll stick to what bass gear I should save my pennies for.
Also, there was a time when the toughest guys who coped with war could rarely cope with their daughter dating a black man (some still have this delema). I'll take tolorence of people over tolorence of horror any day.
Back to the topic... Prisoner rights and the question of if solitary confinement is inhuman are both very serious issues. I'll stick to what bass gear I should save my pennies for.
It's funny. After four pages of (mostly) bemoaning how "soft" we've become, I have yet to see one argument why it is so bad to be a little "soft."
It's bad to be soft because when someone/something harder than you comes along, you're too soft to deal with them/it.
In the specific given example of prisons, being hard on prisoners just makes them harder.
Countries with "soft" prisons have far lower recidivism rates.
Turns out when being "hard" isn't especially useful there's no need to be "hard". ISIS is made up of a bunch of seriously hard people from a hard environment.
We were hard on Germany with the Treaty of Versailles, and that gave us the Nazis.
Somehow, I think it was a bit more complicated than that. Just like the multiple cans of worms opened by this thread.
