http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/11/16/high-rate-of-suicide-reported-for-us-veterans/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:14:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/11/16/high-rate-of-suicide-reported-for-us-veterans/#comment-15007 projektleiterin Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:10:01 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1786#comment-15007 I so hate seeing people fall into this mass trance that is called patriotism: cheering and encouraging young men to go into war, but letting them down when they come back as emotional and physical cripples. Depending on the wonky political mood of the day they will cheer for you or spit on you when you come back. If people really cared for the lives of the soldiers they would take care to vote for responsible leaders. I so hate seeing people fall into this mass trance that is called patriotism: cheering and encouraging young men to go into war, but letting them down when they come back as emotional and physical cripples. Depending on the wonky political mood of the day they will cheer for you or spit on you when you come back. If people really cared for the lives of the soldiers they would take care to vote for responsible leaders.

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