12:27am
23rd February 2012
 | schiratti : I read your post on the 'Nam's CMH recipients and what your fellow students felt their intentions were. There were many soldiers in 'Nam who did purposely injure themselves in order to be "honourably discharged". You're both right, but they're much more wrong. Protecting others from a grenade blast is something that will get you out of 'Nam, but only in a bag. That example and other CMH holders are nothing like the ones who just wanted out. I too lost faith in youth's understanding of war. |
Nobody purposley kills themselves to get out of a war. Someone who wants to die wouldn’t be willing to run through heavy fire to save someone, nobody who wants to die would give up their seat on a helicopter for a south Vietnamese citizen, only to be left outnumbered with small ammunition and gunned down. If someone wants to die, they’re not going to save other people, they’re just going to kill themself. People who want to kill themselves aren’t really “down” to save someone else when they’re too miserable thinking about taking their own life. Therefore, that guy’s rant is not right in any way, shape or a form, is dismissive and offensive to Vietnam veterans, and to all living and dead Medal of honour recipients. None of them chose to have their lives taken because they’re were so miserable being in vietnam. Seriously, what kind of fucking logic is that? BACKWARDS LOGIC. Seriously, take a fucking logic class before you come up and support absurd bullshit theories that are wrong, offensive and downright ignorant. | |
