Quitting Is Unthinkable And Pain Is Just

We Mistakenly Assume That Bodily Survival Has A Higher Precedence Than Ego Survival. This Is Simply Not Generally True. Ego Will Happily Destroy The Body For Its Own Sake. Look At Overweight Executives Headed For Heart Attacks On The Way To Getting Their Pictures In Fortune Or Anorexic Models Suffering Slow Starvation On Their Way To Getting Their Pictures In Vogue. Protecting Ego Is The General Case.

War Is Society's Dirty Work, Usually Done By Kids Cleaning Up Failures Perpetrated By Adults.

When The Peace Treaty Is Signed, The War Isn't Over For The Veterans, Or The Family. It's Just Starting.

In The Military I Could Exercise The Power Of Being Automatically Respected Because Of The Medals On My Chest, Not Because I Had Done Anything Right At The Moment To Earn That Respect. This Is Pretty Nice. It's Also A Psychological Trap That Can Stop One's Growth And Allow One To Get Away With Just Plain Bad Behavior.

How Could You Get Mad At Someone Who Neither Needed To Attack Nor Was At All Worried About Being Able To Defend? It Was Like Getting Mad At Switzerland.