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If a soldier goes AWOL because they're "scared" of fighting or consistently straight up neglects to do their job, I'm sure "natural self preservation" will be a
by the_only_law 4y ago
If a soldier goes AWOL because they're "scared" of fighting or consistently straight up neglects to do their job, I'm sure "natural self preservation" will be a stunning and effective defense at the court martial regardless if they're ina combat role or not.
- kube-system 4y agoSoldiers are not first responders.
- the_only_law 4y agoClearly that doesn't matter as GP made it clear that this is a human trait, not tied to any profession.
- 1991g 4y agoIt's almost as if civilians (read: police) and soldiers are trained, equipped, and deployed to different environments, with different rules.
- Apocryphon 4y agoAnd yet, today's police departments are often as militarized as soldiers. Plenty of HN stories about the phenomenon over the past decade https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=miltiarization%20police&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...