Anyone know what kind of position recruitment or the armed forces in general have to people who want to join the army to fight or kill?
It amazes me sometimes how a 16year old wants to join the army simply to shoot people! Surely he would be weeded out, or would he be accepted? Some people on these forums seem to hold an unhealthy appetite for weaponry and death.
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Alfa
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I know what you mean.
Can you imagine having an army where the soliders actually wanted to KILL people, absolutley horrific it's enough to keep you awake at night!
I would think that anyone wanting to join the army to shoot people would be shown the door straight away I mean imagine if they wanted to join the Infantry it'd be a national discrace if they were allowed to join up
I was thinking maybe to help tackle this kind of abhorrent behaviour the Army could adopt a new motto, maybe somthing like "Free the Terroists, they're people too" what are your thoughts on this???
What a stupid question! The Army's only reason for existing is to kill people thats what every peice of equiptment is design to do and what all it's personnel are trainned to do.
ps; are you a memeber of Amnesty International or one of those other groups who see the world through rose tinted glasses by any chance?
Can you imagine having an army where the soliders actually wanted to KILL people, absolutley horrific it's enough to keep you awake at night!
I would think that anyone wanting to join the army to shoot people would be shown the door straight away I mean imagine if they wanted to join the Infantry it'd be a national discrace if they were allowed to join up
I was thinking maybe to help tackle this kind of abhorrent behaviour the Army could adopt a new motto, maybe somthing like "Free the Terroists, they're people too" what are your thoughts on this???
What a stupid question! The Army's only reason for existing is to kill people thats what every peice of equiptment is design to do and what all it's personnel are trainned to do.
ps; are you a memeber of Amnesty International or one of those other groups who see the world through rose tinted glasses by any chance?
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superbuzzmetal
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I am not in the armed forces, hell I am even not british, but I think this is all part of the human nature.Before we think of men as beings capable of self though we must see ourselfs as animals with a primitive instinct designed to give us the basics and to seek pleasure and agression according to freud, not that like him very much 
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Bliartheliar
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You could justify every hypothesis based upon human nature alone. Human nature is not necessarily good or bad - it depends.
Ovcousre the role of the armed forces is to kill - but kill people that are trying to kill them. What I meant was how do people with an unhealthy appetite for killing get into the army in the first place? Isnt the whole idea about military discipline about killing only when you have to rather than to take enjoyment out of doing so. Look at the videos of those nutters (not the above poster) driving around Iraq shooting at any car they see.
You live once. What does it say about society when you have 16 year old kids who take pleasure in the idea of death? Its f@#k up and people like that are mentally unstable. Firing BFGs must be good fun, but my idea of fun does not involve firing Big-f@#k guns at other living beings.
Surely soldiers volunteer because of the rewards of soldiering - an active lifestyle, fitness, belief in the cause, love of ones country, etc, etc.
If it was asked to kill under legitimate circumstances I wouldnt think anything of it. But the desire to kill surely must be unheathy?
16, 17 year olds and fully grown men who volunteer for service because they have a quest for blood can not be acceptable can it, at least in a modern civilised country? I wouldnt want to be in a room with someone like that nevermind living and working with him.
Ovcousre the role of the armed forces is to kill - but kill people that are trying to kill them. What I meant was how do people with an unhealthy appetite for killing get into the army in the first place? Isnt the whole idea about military discipline about killing only when you have to rather than to take enjoyment out of doing so. Look at the videos of those nutters (not the above poster) driving around Iraq shooting at any car they see.
You live once. What does it say about society when you have 16 year old kids who take pleasure in the idea of death? Its f@#k up and people like that are mentally unstable. Firing BFGs must be good fun, but my idea of fun does not involve firing Big-f@#k guns at other living beings.
Surely soldiers volunteer because of the rewards of soldiering - an active lifestyle, fitness, belief in the cause, love of ones country, etc, etc.
If it was asked to kill under legitimate circumstances I wouldnt think anything of it. But the desire to kill surely must be unheathy?
16, 17 year olds and fully grown men who volunteer for service because they have a quest for blood can not be acceptable can it, at least in a modern civilised country? I wouldnt want to be in a room with someone like that nevermind living and working with him.
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Bliartheliar
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By joining the RMs you will never be face to face with Islamic extremists. Terrorists by definition attack civilians, not military personell.
Considering this country is partly responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths since 9/11 (plus the hundreds of thousands of deaths each year as a result of unfair trade, environment and foreign policies), 7/7 is merely a small price to pay for the ignorance and apathy that some people have the right to practice in this 'demoractic' society.
Considering this country is partly responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths since 9/11 (plus the hundreds of thousands of deaths each year as a result of unfair trade, environment and foreign policies), 7/7 is merely a small price to pay for the ignorance and apathy that some people have the right to practice in this 'demoractic' society.
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Bliartheliar
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Yes, we did confront taliban and islamic militants. The fact that a British soldier was killed means that the attack was not a terrorism attack. Secondly large proportions of Afghanistan are still in the hands of warlords - ex-taliban who are now friendly because they have simply switched sides. Taliban and Islamic militants were not a threat to this country before Afghanistan, although they're removal was for the common interest. And, Iraq has only ensured that Britain is now a target.
Terrorism will not be conquered with military might - it will only delay the threat. "Brute force is bound to fail under its own weight".
Terrorism will not be conquered with military might - it will only delay the threat. "Brute force is bound to fail under its own weight".
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sneaky beaky
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People do not join the Armed Forces to "kill people"!
They join for comradeship and the feeling of belonging.
They are there to act as a deterent. They will only shoot to kill in a war, normally, not of their own making. (Iraq, excluded.!)
Any body who joins the Armed Forces with the stated expression of "wanting to kill people", would be excluded.
Sneaky
They join for comradeship and the feeling of belonging.
They are there to act as a deterent. They will only shoot to kill in a war, normally, not of their own making. (Iraq, excluded.!)
Any body who joins the Armed Forces with the stated expression of "wanting to kill people", would be excluded.
Sneaky
Former RM of 23 years.
