Post Traumatic Stress (PTS)

[John Big Booty]

Do troops get told about the fact that they may see horrible things? Why is it such a shock?

As Rich says - why enlist in the first place if you can't take it.

If you napalm a 12yr old girl so her skin burns and she screams in agony whilst running - is that unexpected when you napalm a village? That's what American troops do isn't it?

Col

A large number of troops engaged in the Vietnam war (which you allude to) where conscripts who had no say in their participation. Additionally the the people on the ground who get to witness first hand the effects of napalm are not the same people involved in delivering it to it's target, and that is not to say that the air crew where not as effected by their actions during that war.

Additionally it is one thing to know at an intellectual level that you may see bad things, confronting the reality of those bad things is a completely different issue.

 

[Thales750]

He said they faced them not that they suffered, an important distinction.

They did infact suffer but it was not recognised.

Brian

Good Morning Brian,

Rich also implied, that they were stronger or in some way better because they didn't need treatment.

Either way you would think that if someone were going to create a new login name, they might just for the fun of it create a different persona.

Unless of course, being obtuse was not merely an act.

 

[Thales750]

... and upstream from the next town's water suppply. An early manifestation of the "I'm alright Jack" attitude still seen in most Americans.

Actually we developed the best sewer and water system in the world, fifty years before your folks did.

I'm not real sure, having only lived here for 51 years that I could name any attitude prevalent among a majority of Americans.

My suspicion is that among people around the globe, attitudes are more about education than about what country you were raised. And since British and American style education has fostered around the globe, more and more the attitudes are converging.

 

[Rich]

Actually we developed the best sewer and water system in the world, fifty years before your folks did.

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Proove it

 

[Rich]

Either way you would think that if someone were going to create a new login name, they might just for the fun of it create a different persona.

Unless of course, being obtuse was not merely an act.

I wonder if he posted under a name he was forced to adopt years ago because the reply was from his Grandaughters netbook and not his own computer and he didn't have the login details available

 

[Vassago]

Proove it

Prove*

 

[Rich]

Prove*

What proof do you have that it wasn't just a typo as a result of these stupidly small keys, no wonder these netbooks are for kids with small fingers

 

[Brianwarnock]

What proof do you have that it wasn't just a typo as a result of these stupidly small keys, no wonder these netbooks are for kids with small fingers

At 22 your fingers should still be dextrous, just wait till you get to my age then start moaning about modern miniturization, that don't look right!!

Brian

 

[Rich]

At 22 your fingers should still be dextrous, just wait till you get to my age then start moaning about modern miniturization, that don't look right!!

Brian

I cite arthritis in my defence

 

[Vassago]

What proof do you have that it wasn't just a typo as a result of these stupidly small keys, no wonder these netbooks are for kids with small fingers

Well, I, like everyone else on this forum who has a habit of correcting grammar mishaps and spelling errors, assume that typos and simple keystroke mistakes are impossible and all misspellings are intentional.

 

[Brianwarnock]

According to my wife I'm just clumsy, at the moment due to her further illness I'm not just the housemaid but chief cook and bottle washer, I've cut my fingers twice and burnt them on the grill pan, it should have a warning on the grill that the pan may be hot.

Brian

 

[dan-cat]

I cite arthritis in my defence

Does the condition also cause one to refer to oneself in the third person?

 

[Rabbie]

Well, I, like everyone else on this forum who has a habit of correcting grammar mishaps and spelling errors, assume that typos and simple keystroke mistakes are impossible and all misspellings are intentional.

Quite correct. Typos only occur when I make them

 

[Rich]

Does the condition also cause one to refer to oneself in the third person?

Who's the third person?

 

[Brianwarnock]

Who's the third person?

According to Diana it was Camilla

brian

 

[John Big Booty]

Actually we developed the best sewer and water system in the world, fifty years before your folks did.

......

The ancient Romans where well ahead of both of you, the importance of good public sanitation was forgotten during the Dark Ages.

 

[Vassago]

I've cut my fingers twice and burnt them on the grill pan, it should have a warning on the grill that the pan may be hot.

Brian

There was no warning? You should sue.

 

[ColinEssex]

There was no warning? You should sue.

Brian is not American.

I realise they still cook on open fires in the North of England, but I think logic should have prevailed.

Col

 

[Vassago]

I rather like the warning label on the iron-on t-shirt decorations I bought recently. They were very specific that one should not attempt to iron them on the shirt while one is wearing it.

Really?

 

[Brianwarnock]

I realise they still cook on open fires in the North of England, but I think logic should have prevailed.

Col

The problem was that the wood was a bit damp and the smoke got in my eyes.

Brian