RE: You're in the army now

From: Graham, Andrew <agraham_at_...>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 14:20:44 +0100

> You've never been in the military, have you?
>
> Militaries do a lot of things that don't:
> A. Make sense to civilians.
> B. Allow soldiers the rights of civilians.
>
> That is, in the name of standardization required to make an army an
> effective operating organization, armies are allowed to reduce the
> effectiveness of the individual at the cost of their freedoms
> with the
> notion that doing so makes the overall organization possible.
> There are
> people who are opposed to the principle, nowadays, but it's
> been a part of
> every army from time immemorial. If the Lunar army were any
> other way, I'd
> be very surprised.

Not to mention that most of them [with exceptions of course] will only be communal worshipers of there pantheon. So initiating to a cult will be a step up for most of them.

Andy

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