Often we are asked if fighting a war is ethically right or wrong. However, without fighting a war ourselves and experiencing the pain and grief a solider has could we truly ever answer this question. Would it be ethically right to ask a veteran how it feels to fight a battle alongside his cavalry? Do most veterans think that what they did for freedom was ethically right or wrong and how do these experiences follow them through life? “I’m occasionally asked, “What’s it like to kill someone?” Sometimes I’m not asked what killing someone feels like; I’m told. “It must feel horrible to kill someone.” And, infrequently, but harshly enough to sting, I’ve been judged” (Marlantes 26). In my personal opinion, I find this ethically wrong to walk up to a known veteran and blurt out have you killed anyone in the war or how could you even kill someone else. According to Marlantes most of the time he gets frustrated and angry when asked these questions (Marlantes 27). Honestly can you blame him?
I do not think that I have ever even thought about asking a veteran about killing someone. We have no place to judge these men and women for what they stood for or ask about what that solider did for our freedom, but to just thank him or her for their service and hard work. A lot …show more content…
The adrenalin that is pumping through your body with every rapid heartbeat allows for the necessary actions to take to stay alive. Without even thinking you are able to pull that trigger or throw a grenade without a second guess. Marlantes explains later in his story how to make things easier to kill you give the enemies different names and think of them as anything less than humans; “I didn’t kill people, sons, brothers, fathers. I killed “Crispy Critters” (Marlantes
I do not think that I have ever even thought about asking a veteran about killing someone. We have no place to judge these men and women for what they stood for or ask about what that solider did for our freedom, but to just thank him or her for their service and hard work. A lot …show more content…
The adrenalin that is pumping through your body with every rapid heartbeat allows for the necessary actions to take to stay alive. Without even thinking you are able to pull that trigger or throw a grenade without a second guess. Marlantes explains later in his story how to make things easier to kill you give the enemies different names and think of them as anything less than humans; “I didn’t kill people, sons, brothers, fathers. I killed “Crispy Critters” (Marlantes