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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 7621393" data-attributes="member: 4937">Yes, but I am postulating that modern society successfully conditions the majority of person to abhor actual violence through a variety of mechanisms, both subtle and overt.Thus, it is necessary to uncondition new recruits if they are from modern society.&nbsp;&nbsp; However, there is a lot of highly politicized research into this and because it appears to be agenda driven, I take with a grain of salt assertions about how difficult it is to get people to kill other people.LOL.&nbsp; Ok, yeah.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is an example of why I can't take this sort of thing seriously.&nbsp;&nbsp; Any group of humans will actively develop slurs for any perceived rival group of humans all on their own.&nbsp; The idea that the military would some how need to create a culture of slur usage and transmission amongst a group of young humans, rather than simply utilizing what is universal human behavior boggles my mind.&nbsp;&nbsp; Like, do you suppose there is some intelligence officer who is tasked with developing a slur for the enemy, runs it by some sort of standing committee, and then he disseminates this to officers and NComs?&nbsp;&nbsp; On the contrary, in the modern military there tends to be heavy pushback from the brass on any sort of slur developed by the grunts that might be perceived as insensitive.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 7621393, member: 4937"] Yes, but I am postulating that modern society successfully conditions the majority of person to abhor actual violence through a variety of mechanisms, both subtle and overt. Thus, it is necessary to uncondition new recruits if they are from modern society. However, there is a lot of highly politicized research into this and because it appears to be agenda driven, I take with a grain of salt assertions about how difficult it is to get people to kill other people. LOL. Ok, yeah. This is an example of why I can't take this sort of thing seriously. Any group of humans will actively develop slurs for any perceived rival group of humans all on their own. The idea that the military would some how need to create a culture of slur usage and transmission amongst a group of young humans, rather than simply utilizing what is universal human behavior boggles my mind. Like, do you suppose there is some intelligence officer who is tasked with developing a slur for the enemy, runs it by some sort of standing committee, and then he disseminates this to officers and NComs? On the contrary, in the modern military there tends to be heavy pushback from the brass on any sort of slur developed by the grunts that might be perceived as insensitive. [/QUOTE]

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