Obviously he is as his father said as much. He didn't say his child wanted to 'kill people' he said his child wanted to kill 'osamas', you know terrorist targets.
I reiterate:
"can't wait to go out and kill enemy Arabs in the name of liberty"
If we look at the actions of some Marines, that would amount to anyone and everyone who is an Arab..
Follow?
But what 14 year old says he wants to go and kill people (yes, Arabs are people too)?
Those by the way are legitimate targets, but he's only 14 and he still doesn't know what he wants from his life nor does he know what it means to be in a war situation.
His father says he seems to have made up his mind..
Jmpet is no idiot, he says he thinks his child 'might' be marine material BUT its not what he would have hoped for for his child.
Well how many parents do you know who would want their son's to go overseas to kill "enemy Arabs"?
Children grow into their own beings and eventually make their own decisions, if his child continues to desire military service by the time he's 18 then there isn't much his father can do about it except PREPARE HIM both mentally, ethically, politically and philosophically, education and information is the only thing he can do to serve his child and after that if his child decides to join anyway his dad's choices are support or disapproval Nothing more nothing less.
Then he could very well end up not being Marine material.
Lot's of young boys say they want to join this and that for whatever reasons, many times its a warrior role or a warlock role or a hero role, nothing abnormal there.
Warlock role?
Your son said he wanted to grow up to be a rocket. Do you have him in therapy now for desiring to be a lethal weapon?
He also professed he wants to be a bird so he can poop on people's heads. If my son told me he wanted to kill people, I'd be a concerned. Call me strange.
Don't be such a Western Oprah-esque bloody daytime drama queen.
I have to ask. What is it with you and this obsession with day time TV? Are you projecting?
Because you seem to go on about it quite a bit and seem to accuse people or being soap stars or day time tv "queens" [that is the latest one].. Am I supposed to be insulted at being called something I don't watch but you obviously seem to watch?
Is this an American thing? Because I really don't get why you go on and on about soaps and daytime TV..
This kid is only 14 and he can change his mind in no time and decide that some other exciting notion is his destiny.
No one is saying that is not the case.
Stop pretending that young boys with a lust for warrior glory are somehow 'sick' when its really only what young boys and men do until they understand the nuances better.
Raised lots of young boys have you?
Do you view a desire to go and kill "enemy Arabs" as being "warrior glory"?
I have yet to meet a teenage boy who expresses a desire to travel overseas to kill people, even "enemy Arabs"..
He doesn't know anything about war, nor will he nor can he, until he's taken the point of entering the life.
Mmmm...
But you wouldn't worry if your son decided to enter the sciences and create something completely detrimental to the human race would you?
If my youngest son expressed an interest in a field of science that could see him develop a weapon, I'd leave the country.
You don't call Einstein a bloody thug or executioner do you for fathering the atom bomb? What if he went into politics and turned into a Kissinger? Or a doctor who becomes a Kerovorkian?
Okay.....
Bunch of bloody hypocrites you all are! Pretending as if being a marine is ultimately destructive as opposed to other professions.
Not at all.
But I would raise an eyebrow at anyone who joined the armed forces specifically so they could kill people...
Do you understand that part yet?
Looks like international bankers did a right good job of disenfranchising thousands into foreclosures. Do you worry that they may go into business or wall street? HYPOCRITES!!!!
Off the meds?
Now you have a kid who's in a phase of hero-self-projection which could pass or turn him into a real soldier.
Mmmmm..
And you are all here like a bunch of dumb-assess passing judgement on what you don't even know may come to pass
I'm sorry. I am commenting solely on what his father has said. You are the one going on about warrior and warlock heroes and then making assumption about what this child may or may not be like based on your own personal beliefs and then judging him based on that.
And you wish to talk about passing judgement? Really?
You?
Heh..
But if it does come to pass its not the worst that can happen and I hope his father would support him for the man wants to become knowing he's given him the qualities of a man who would have good character no matter what profession.
One would expect any parent to support their child's choices.. unless of course said choice was set to cause harm to others, in which case you'd want to have a chat to said child.
