I thought it was kind of common sense... though my recruiter did bring my attention to this. I was going to look it up, but I think its kind of obvious that more people die in car wrecks each day, whereas on average only a couple of soldiers are killed each day in the Middle East.
so thats why recruiters are asses. anyway, from a quick google search: 2 a day in iraq, more than a 100 a day in cars in the us. but seeing how i dont know the validity of these stats (and stats are easily miswritten on purpose), i give no guarentees. i'd still rather drive a car than kill people. its not losing my life that keeps me from the army, its making other people lose theirs.
That's a good reason for not joining. Honestly, I know I'll have a harder time killing any animal than I would a human. Disgusting, but.... whatever.
my ex's best friend is in the military. (i forget which part). he came home for the first time and met me. the entire time i was around him he told me about killing bunnies in training so he can eat. they arent going to tell you everything til you get there. like you said, the recruiters get promoted. so they are going to make everything sound wonderful. its like a telemarketer. or used car salesman.
So you want to go kill. It's truly sad what deviants our society is producing. I hope all your twisted dreams come true and you are 'happy'.
That was probably just some kind of game (that's what it sounds like). I'm sure that's not a required part of basic training.
I never said I want to kill .... I said that I'd much prefer to kill someone who's trying to kill me rather than an innocent animal.
its not a game.. it was to teach him basic survival skills. if he needs food, he now can kill rabbits. its not like theres going to be a 7-11 down the corner from the war..
Well now it makes a lot of fucking sense! You made it sound like they shot bunnies just for shits and giggles.