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![]() Heh...thats mature.
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The effort of using machines to mimic the human mind has always struck me as rather silly. I would rather use them to mimic something better.
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The effort of using machines to mimic the human mind has always struck me as rather silly. I would rather use them to mimic something better.
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![]() Should I start building bunkbeds?
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Because I can.
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HiroProtagonist
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![]() The bit that bothered me the most about this article is the same bit Muffhead pointed out "...stop thinking so much". This commanding officer didn't even try to rationally explain any of the "good" (if flimsy) reasons for fighting in Iraq. I wonder if this is because he is trying to suppress his own doubts about the war or simply a repression of intelligent discussion within the ranks.
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"If you live in the twentieth century you do not find it hard to see yourself in those, more desperate than yourself, who seek to shape it to their will."
"Fuck the orphans! If they were worth a damn, somebody would care for them. And if somebody cared for them, they wouldn't be orphans. Somebody's gonna eat those little fuckers and it's either you or the C.H.U.D.s. C.H.U.D.s who, it goes without saying, are in this country illegally." |
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![]() Discussion in the ranks isn't something the military is built to do. It's not it's intended purpose, and no one goes into the army thinking otherwise.
When storming a castle, or building, or bunker, or whatever, there's not a philosophical debate or what have you or democratic process. It's the millitary. A commanding officer can tell you to shut up, and he can even give you a condescending remark to "not think so much". But he really can't order someone to 'not think so much'. That's kind of rediculous. An army (US or revolutionary or otherwise) that did encourage debate would likely be the worst army ever. That's true in the much maligned US military as it is in the romanticized Che army or Continental Army of the US Revolutionary War. | ||||||||
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![]() I agree completely Tony and Army allowed to debate itself would be the worst army ever. I explained my point badly. I just meant in this specific case where a soldier was having doubts I think it would be more psychologically effective to encourage them rather than discourage them.
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"If you live in the twentieth century you do not find it hard to see yourself in those, more desperate than yourself, who seek to shape it to their will."
"Fuck the orphans! If they were worth a damn, somebody would care for them. And if somebody cared for them, they wouldn't be orphans. Somebody's gonna eat those little fuckers and it's either you or the C.H.U.D.s. C.H.U.D.s who, it goes without saying, are in this country illegally." |
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