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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The "it's a choice" people are definitely failing to take into account the not fully developed frontal cortexes of teens and young adults.  There is a reason young people "make the choice" to go to war and older adults do not.  Our military depends upon it.[/quote]

What an ignorant, privileged, out of touch point of view.

Most young people who join the military are poor and come from impoverished areas of the country where there are few opportunities.  It's a way into a career and out of poverty.  Few are joining so they can be sent to the front lines for some sort of adrenaline rush.   It's also a rigorous, structured, highly disciplined process, and I'll bet none of your privileged, private school attending druggie kids have the guts, discipline, or honor to serve the country like they do.[/quote]

This was an arc of history comment of what has been true about soldier recruitment from time immemorial--think Iliad here--and had nothing to do with the very narrow slice of who currently joins the military in the US today. [/quote]

Yes, well, aren't you an over-educated bookworm?  I'm sure historically, opportunities to make a living/career were abound for young men, and instead they all had a death wish and signed up to get speared or shot by arrows or die of infection in the fields instead of, say, being a Medieval banker or a Dark Ages big law partner.[/quote]

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