Макро и микро
Весьма рекомендуется к прочтению (in English): "Убить человека - все равно что раздавить муравья"
WASHINGTON, July 30, 2006 (AFP) - A former US soldier accused of
raping and murdering an Iraqi girl compared killing people in Iraq
to "squashing an ant," in an interview with a reporter about a month
before the attack.
Steven Green, 21, a former private with the 101st Airborne
Division, is under arrest in Kentucky and could face the death
penalty if convicted of the March 12 murders of the Iraqi girl and
three of her relatives.
Writing in Sunday's editions of The Washington Post, Andrew
Tilghman, a former correspondent for the US military newspaper Stars
and Stripes, said he interviewed Green several times in February at
his unit south of Baghdad.
"I came over here because I wanted to kill people," he quoted
Green as saying. "The truth is, it wasn't all I thought it was
cracked up to be.
"I mean, I thought killing somebody would be this life-changing
experience," Green was quoted as saying. "And then I did it, and I
was like, 'All right, whatever.'
"I shot a guy who wouldn't stop when we were out at a traffic
checkpoint and it was like nothing," Green was quoted as saying.
"Over here, killing people is like squashing an ant.
"I mean, you kill somebody and it's like, 'All right, let's go
get some pizza.'"
Собственно, да. Солдату, наверное, можно смотреть на людей как на муравьев - если при этом есть гарантия, что такой солдат будет строго подчиняться приказам. И что приказы будут отдавать люди, для которых все-таки есть разница между человеком и муравьем. Но кто может дать такую гарантию? (И еще вопрос: а что потом делать с таким солдатом на гражданке? Его ведь лучше самого отстрелять аккурат в день дембеля - во избежание...).
А у меня дочка заболела. Промотался нынче целый день между больницей, санаторием, откуда семью пришлось забрать, тещей, к которой отвез старшего сына, аптекой, домом и т.д. Спал за последние сутки часа три с хвостом, не более. У каждого свои горести - большие и маленькие. Муравьиные.
WASHINGTON, July 30, 2006 (AFP) - A former US soldier accused of
raping and murdering an Iraqi girl compared killing people in Iraq
to "squashing an ant," in an interview with a reporter about a month
before the attack.
Steven Green, 21, a former private with the 101st Airborne
Division, is under arrest in Kentucky and could face the death
penalty if convicted of the March 12 murders of the Iraqi girl and
three of her relatives.
Writing in Sunday's editions of The Washington Post, Andrew
Tilghman, a former correspondent for the US military newspaper Stars
and Stripes, said he interviewed Green several times in February at
his unit south of Baghdad.
"I came over here because I wanted to kill people," he quoted
Green as saying. "The truth is, it wasn't all I thought it was
cracked up to be.
"I mean, I thought killing somebody would be this life-changing
experience," Green was quoted as saying. "And then I did it, and I
was like, 'All right, whatever.'
"I shot a guy who wouldn't stop when we were out at a traffic
checkpoint and it was like nothing," Green was quoted as saying.
"Over here, killing people is like squashing an ant.
"I mean, you kill somebody and it's like, 'All right, let's go
get some pizza.'"
Собственно, да. Солдату, наверное, можно смотреть на людей как на муравьев - если при этом есть гарантия, что такой солдат будет строго подчиняться приказам. И что приказы будут отдавать люди, для которых все-таки есть разница между человеком и муравьем. Но кто может дать такую гарантию? (И еще вопрос: а что потом делать с таким солдатом на гражданке? Его ведь лучше самого отстрелять аккурат в день дембеля - во избежание...).
А у меня дочка заболела. Промотался нынче целый день между больницей, санаторием, откуда семью пришлось забрать, тещей, к которой отвез старшего сына, аптекой, домом и т.д. Спал за последние сутки часа три с хвостом, не более. У каждого свои горести - большие и маленькие. Муравьиные.