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Re: Should a soldier be desensitised to killing?(Score: 1) by SapperYogi on Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:38 am (User Info | Send a Message)
I generally agree with this comment; I, being a soldier, recognise the need for soldiers to be 'hardened' to killing... 'desensitised' is a rather general term, and doesnt particularly cover the depth of the concept of training soldiers to kill.
Bluntly speaking, yes, soldiers need to be desensitized to killing. A soldier who views the killing he may be required to do in the line of his duties as akin to how a civilian would view murder, would be incapable of performing the act when it became necessary.
Soldiers are taught to 'switch off' to the emotional links to killing; however with this ability to kill come a number of constraints; and the average soldier sees a very distinct difference between killing the enemy in combat, and a cold-blooded murder.
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