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Be not brave
- sheensleeves 12y agoI'm reading _Battle for the mind: a physiology of conversion and brainwashing_ (William Sargant, 1957). His conclusion is that only the psychotic insane soldiers (very few) during the world war could escape PTSD, if the stress was sustained for long enough.
- woah 12y ago> and terrorists might indeed be guilty of having what might be called the cowardice of their convictions – an excessive fear of being viewed as cowardly in the eyes of their god, or by the light of their cause. This is a dumb quote. What it describes in terrorists is what the rest of the article describes in general. If a terrorist deserts, he is a coward (to the rest of his compatriots).
- ekanes 12y agoTerrorists are cowards because to attack civilians who are unprepared and probably won't fight back is cowardly.
- spiritplumber 12y agoI always heard "Be cautious on the attack, be indomitable in defense" which apparently was Roman doctrine.