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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: robnhood who wrote (8138)	3/10/2001 8:16:21 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

So do football coaches.

To: robnhood who wrote (8138)	3/10/2001 10:35:57 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Author David Grossman, On Killing Lt. Col. David Grossman, a former Army Ranger who taught at West Point and now teaches military science at Arkansas State University, scarcely sounds like a candidate to challenge the increasing violence in our society—but this book does just that. In fact, its analysis of how people resist killing and how they are conditioned into killing represents an indictment against how our society is structured. Dave Grossman reveals how killing rates in war remained low in this and earlier centuries—around 15 to 20% (that is, eight out of ten combatants refused to kill another human being)—until the military began using methods that resemble a combination of contemporary video games, television programs, and films. If anyone every doubted that all of us (but especially our children) are being programmed into more and more violence—against our better nature—this is the book that will put those doubts to rest. I would say the army has little use for bullies but plenty of uses for killers IOW very agressive soldiers.