Geopolitical Darwin Awards

[Tyler Durden]

John Young wrote...

>from school and fucked up parents who use you like a
>beast of burden -- in every age and country.

>The military has found that teenagers are better fighters
>than those over 21, more malleable, patriotic, healthy, ready
>to kill when told it's okay. ..... Grunts younger than 20 are
>the universal soldier. Non-caucasians especially.

Hum. I wonder if it's a coincidence that the US school system is such a 
mess. What on earth would we do if non-caucasians, especially, were equipped 
for some kind of opportunity? Guess we'd have to start the draft again, and 
folks get kinda touchy when the exemptions are a little too obvious.

-TD



>From: John Young <jya at pipeline.com>
>To: cypherpunks at al-qaeda.net
>Subject: Re: Geopolitical Darwin Awards
>Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 20:46:27 -0700
>
>James A. Donald:
>
> >I don't recall the American revolutionaries herding children
> >before them to clear minefields, nor surrounding themselves
> >with children as human shields.
>
>No, not minefields, but a good percentage of Washington's
>army and that of the French, were children. Young boys were
>taught the art of war as gofers and undercover spies among
>the Brits. Some were caught and executed. Others packed
>weapons and fought like men who welcomed their foolhardy
>bravery when their manly courage withered.
>
>Today, even the US uses children in war, 17 being the minimum
>age to enlist. Others sneak in by lying about their age, some as
>young as 14. Recruiters look the other way when the kids
>and their parents lie. Been there, done that. Enlisted in the
>army at 15, served months before being kicked out when a
>relative ratted on me. Went in again at 17. That was not
>uncommon then, and still is not. Good way to get away
>from school and fucked up parents who use you like a
>beast of burden -- in every age and country.
>
>The military has found that teenagers are better fighters
>than those over 21, more malleable, patriotic, healthy, ready
>to kill when told it's okay. Older guys and gals think for
>themselves too much to charge a machine gun. A kid
>thinks life will never end. That's why it's not so hard
>to cultivate suicide bombers.
>
>Flying a $50 million plane is a piece of cake, no guts
>required. Fuck those stand-off cowards in artillery,
>the navy and air force. Grunts younger than 20 are
>the universal soldier. Non-caucasians especially.
>
>No need to mention today's Africans, the pre-teens and
>teens Mao used effectively, the underage North Koreans
>in the Korean Conflict, and not least the Amerindians who
>taught kids from puberty to make war -- boys and girls.
>
>It is worth pondering that older guys don't like war up
>close, in fact the the further away it is the better they
>like to promote it with Stallonian filmic ferocity -- witness
>the current yellow-bellied administration, though hardly
>the first to cry for war to be fought by disposable youngsters.
>
>What older soft-gutted guys in all nations like most is the
>Wagnerian tragedy, the soap opera sturm and drang, of
>other people's suffering and death for their loose-screw
>agenda.

_________________________________________________________________
Check out Election 2004 for up-to-date election news, plus voter tools and 
more! http://special.msn.com/msn/election2004.armx