3 ms·

There is the issue though that as young people, they may well not have the maturity or information to fully understand and comprehend the decision they are maki

by jurjenh 13y ago

There is the issue though that as young people, they may well not have the maturity or information to fully understand and comprehend the decision they are making. I was going to detail this as a possible excuse - but considering this reasoning and the consequences has made me reconsider: You've made a bad choice [morally / ethically]. Now you have to live with the consequences. Can be seen as a tough stance, but then again, so's life. Didn't really mean to fall of that cliff? Oh, here's your life back again.

Crito 13y ago
There is also the "smoothtalking recruiter managed to talk a teenager into doing something dumb" angle, but that only goes so far with me. Still, I don't hate people who join or anything... call it a very strong disapprove. However I do find it hard to associate with people who try to assure me that they're one of the good ones because "Oh, I'm not really the patriotic type, I just joined so I could go to college" line. That impresses me far less than "I joined [for my country|it was the right thing to do|for the innocent civilians over there|war is a necessary evil|I was young and naive when the recruiter came to my school|911 HUURAH!]". I don't believe people when they say the former, but if I did, I don't think I could consider them anything but mercenaries.