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Old 10-31-05, 11:34 PM   #24
Beery
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Originally Posted by Kissaki
Furthermore, I don't care how hard you train - certain instincts can't be untrained, certainly not with any methods currently employed. Robot soldiers is Hollywood.
If I could keep my hands off my female coworkers at age 18 WITHOUT ANY MILITARY TRAINING, I'm sure any 18 year old can do the same WITH military training. If they can't, perhaps they shouldn't be in a situation where they have more serious responsibilities.

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If you look at any species of mammals, you'll be able to observe the male's protective instincts of the female. That's a really big problem, because it causes men to be over-protective of women in combat, and take unnecessary risks.
Oh poor babies! If some men can't view a woman as a coworker, and if they can't switch off their base sexual urges while they are around women, then they need to see a doctor, because that is not normal. If what you were saying was true, then, like I said before, I would have been sexually assaulting women since the age of 15. Not only is your suggestion an insult to the military (since it suggests that the military is incapable of instilling discipline) but it is profoundly insulting to men. It shows a profound contempt for men - it suggests that men are controlled overwhelmingly by base animal instinct. On the contrary - we have brains that are able to control our passions. If we didn't, the world would be a very different place. Monogamy wouldn't exist for a start, and sexual abuse would be regarded as the norm.

All in all, if what you're saying is true, then armed forces are a lot more poorly trained than I could have imagined.
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