Racism is a very negative thing, obviously but I was thinking about it and do you think it's more unsettling if a soldier during wartime comes back a racist or not. The way I see it is if a soldier comes back totally non racist that is terrifying. It's terrifying because they took the lives of others without irrational emotion being the motivation. Whereas if the soldier has become a racist then it was brought on by hatred for another race which brings anger into it.
If a solder comes back racist then I would say that's okay. I sometimes say racist stuff but it's out of anger.
How the hell do you think racism is okay? Racism is horrible, it drives country's apart, it drives families apart, it's one of the worst things since Bush.
George Bush was a shit head. But that's besides the point. All I'm asking is whether or not you agree that it's more terrifying when somebody comes back from a conflict without a hatred for the enemy.
way I see it is if a soldier comes back totally non racist that is terrifying.
I don't think I agree. If anything, it's what you would strive to do as a soldier. Put your emotions aside during combat & focus on the job you're supposed to do, & the safety of your unit, not think about how much you hate whomever it is that you're shooting at or that's shooting at you.
The way I see it is if a soldier comes back totally non racist that is terrifying. It's terrifying because they took the lives of others without irrational emotion being the motivation.
So you're saying that he should kill them because he's racist against them? Most the people in the army aren't blood thirsty killers, they just do what they're told. My uncle was in the Vietnam war, he had to do horrible things, and in the end he killed himself because of it. He didn't hate them, but he was forced to kill them.
Racism is bad no mater what the situation is let's leave it like that.
Everyone is innately racist. If you're not then you're not really human. Racism isn't necessarily a hatred of another race. It can also be love of a specific race of just a general preference. It's bad to be negatively racist but not bad to be positively racist.
Hm, I throw in an extra 10 cents. If someone comes back from Iraq with a hatred or just a disliking of the enemy I believe (don't quote me on it) he or she didn't listen to their superiors. I believe it's military policy to take an indifferent stance on civilians and the enemy. Keeps war crimes from happening as well as treachery.
Racism is a very negative thing, obviously but I was thinking about it and do you think it's more unsettling if a soldier during wartime comes back a racist or not. The way I see it is if a soldier comes back totally non racist that is terrifying. It's terrifying because they took the lives of others without irrational emotion being the motivation. Whereas if the soldier has become a racist then it was brought on by hatred for another race which brings anger into it.
I don't think I agree. If anything, it's what you would strive to do as a soldier. Put your emotions aside during combat & focus on the job you're supposed to do, & the safety of your unit, not think about how much you hate whomever it is that you're shooting at or that's shooting at you.
Interestingly, this shows how the British army's training policy has changed with regards to killing. I come from a military family, and have many family members who served in the Falklands war, all of whom were subsequently hateful towards Argentinians. However, I have brothers and cousins currently serving who've been on multiple tours to Afghanistan and Iraq, who show no racist sentiments.
Why the difference?
It was not until the 90s when the British army started using psychological research to figure out the best way to condition soldiers to kill. Prior to the first Gulf War, training, especially close combat and bayonet training aimed to enrage recruits and to make them feel hatred and anger to their enemies, in order to motivate them to kill more efficiently. This could explain how soldiers, who were trained under the old regime would be more suspect to forming racist views.
The new regime focuses on normalising the act of killing. Research has shown that the best soldiers are those who are desensitised to the act of killing, and the training regimes have been adjusted accordingly. That could explain why the newer generation of soldiers are less racist than the old.
There is another racism thread, just look a few pages back. If you can't find it, then use the forum search in the Support and Suggestions thread, thanks!
