Kia ora Posted July 5, 2011 Posted July 5, 2011 [quote name='Socrates' timestamp='1309794274' post='2262997'] Good points. I was going to bring this point up much earlier, but never got around to posting in this thread. Female soldiers captured by the enemy [i]will[/i] be raped, and likely brutally and repeatedly. I don't see it as merely a possibility, but a certainty.[/quote] And? If they sign up for it, they know what they're getting into.
4588686 Posted July 5, 2011 Posted July 5, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Kia ora' timestamp='1309824685' post='2263131'] And? If they sign up for it, they know what they're getting into. [/quote] Hey... Hey... Hey... Shut up Edited July 5, 2011 by Hasan
Kia ora Posted July 5, 2011 Posted July 5, 2011 How is rape worse than death? Soldiers get blown up, captured, executed, shot to bits. If they can handle the possibility of that, they can handle rape.
4588686 Posted July 5, 2011 Posted July 5, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Kia ora' timestamp='1309865008' post='2263218'] How is rape worse than death? Soldiers get blown up, captured, executed, shot to bits. If they can handle the possibility of that, they can handle rape. [/quote] Everybody is dying and consequently everybody 'handles' the possibility of death. Of course you follow the trusim that soldiers 'handle' the possibility of death (here interpreted liberally as the high rates of psychological issues in the military indicate that not all soldiers 'handle' this possibility well) is followed by the dubious conclusion that if soldiers can handle one psychological trauma then they can handle another. Because, of course, from a psychological standpoint the possibility of death and rape are pretty much the same thing, lulz. Edited July 5, 2011 by Hasan
Kia ora Posted July 5, 2011 Posted July 5, 2011 [quote name='Hasan' timestamp='1309868211' post='2263221'] Everybody is dying and consequently everybody 'handles' the possibility of death. Of course you follow the trusim that soldiers 'handle' the possibility of death (here interpreted liberally as the high rates of psychological issues in the military indicate that not all soldiers 'handle' this possibility well) is followed by the dubious conclusion that if soldiers can handle one psychological trauma then they can handle another. Because, of course, from a psychological standpoint the possibility of death and rape are pretty much the same thing, lulz. [/quote] By 'handle', I mean that when they join the military, they do so in recognition of the fact that they may die. Especially in combat roles. Anyone who becomes an infantryman without even considering death is unprepared. Not to mention the fact that this banal possibility is drilled into you in training. Soldiers who sign up either accept this possibility or not. In which case they won't enter the military. I don't think rape is any different. The risk of rape won't deter female soldiers anymore than the risk of death, torture and sexual abuse deters male soldiers.
infinitelord1 Posted July 5, 2011 Posted July 5, 2011 Not sure if anyone would have rape in mind while on the battlefield...maybe if a female got captured.
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