-----Where is the love?-----

Price of a life is about $15 in Colombia. Or so I heard, a while back. Point is, like anything, death and killing is something we get used to the more exposed we are to it.

Peace indeed. But I am curious nonetheless.

so am I

Is it something you had an aversion to before you became exposed to it (if that is what you are indicating), or have you always felt that you had the capacity to take a life?

I think I could only do it if my family was directly threatened, but it would tear me up inside.

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unless what brought them to the military these days was the killer instinct.

not how our grandparents had it.....differen mindset

I agree with that completely. That is kind of why I was hoping currently enlisted people would answer. Our grandparents had a completely different type of programming and didn't have the luxury of the internet to spell out the horrors of taking a life. Most people that enlist nowadays know exactly what war looks like and are still willing to go kill.

That's why I wanted to know if they truly felt that they were doing it to protect their families from a threat or just hoping to have the experience of taking a life.

Haha, how apropos. Thank you!

“I am in blood stepped in so far that should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o’er.”

Your first killing will be a big deal, the second less of a deal. If people you know have done it, you can do it. The need to belong can turn you into anything really.

This version a bit more so...

Damn. Part of me thanks you immensely for your honesty and the other part of me gets chill thinking about what you might have seen. At least you are here to post today.

I, unfortunately, agree that humans will do anything to fit in with others. Scary to think that the catalyst would be murder.

Oh, awesome. I hadn't seen that one. Thanks again!