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HereSince1628

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18. Yes, no doubt individual response varies

Reply to Voice for Peace (Reply #16)

Wed Apr 18, 2012, 12:20 PM

Apr 2012

Such variation doesn't break or deny a general pattern wherein behavioral response is shifted by exposure to brutality.

It only helps to locate the center and define the kurtosis of the response curve.

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U.S. troops posed with body parts of Afghan bombers(warning graphic photos at the link) [View all] maddezmom Apr 2012 OP

War is brutalizing. HereSince1628 Apr 2012 #1

Oskar Schindler says something very similar about the Nazi officer Amon Goeth in Schindler's List. Towlie Apr 2012 #3

thank you for a very intelligent reply this topic. Very refreshing to not get demonized to push pasto76 Apr 2012 #7

hey! marshall gaines Apr 2012 #13

thanks for sharing your perspectives here Voice for Peace Apr 2012 #14

hell marshall gaines Apr 2012 #8

For many, probably -- not some. Voice for Peace Apr 2012 #16

Yes, no doubt individual response varies HereSince1628 Apr 2012 #18

Winning hearts and minds. obxhead Apr 2012 #2

No! NO!!!! marshall gaines Apr 2012 #10

They started it. obxhead Apr 2012 #11

Our tax $$ @ work! lunasun Apr 2012 #4

stay classy fellas. n/t deacon_sephiroth Apr 2012 #5

Bounty of the warmonger. lonestarnot Apr 2012 #6

Afghanistan at war has long been noted for brutality and desecration. PassingFair Apr 2012 #9

wow Voice for Peace Apr 2012 #15

so it is OK to act barbaric then??? I see...makes sense then- not! lunasun Apr 2012 #19

And again, why are we there? n2doc Apr 2012 #12

My uncle sent photos back from the Korean War but nothing like this. Pics of their camps, pics of jwirr Apr 2012 #17

War is hell. MrSlayer Apr 2012 #20

Sadly, this behavior is a common part of war. Now the Facebook generation is once again Leopolds Ghost Apr 2012 #21

the 'stan is now the 'nam Tax Man Apr 2012 #22

I think this type of black humor occurs whenever hedgehog Apr 2012 #23

It's OK for soldiers to do these poses as long as they keep cameras away. alp227 Apr 2012 #24

"...no one would defend Afghan soldiers who killed American soldiers... KansDem Apr 2012 #25

And not forgetting ... Nihil Apr 2012 #26

That first pic is seriously photoshopped B2G Apr 2012 #27