Nov 7 2012: I think patriotism is a belief and a drive that leads a person to go to war. Even though we have a mindset to survive, most of us are not born to take away someone's life naturally or for the purpose of survival.
When I was studying a law course in high school eight years ago, my teacher was giving a lecture
on a very unique case of involuntary manslaughter. A Vietnam veteran returned home from the war.
He was trained to adapt guerilla warfare. Very often soldiers must always be ready for any surprise
attack even while they were sleeping in trenches and caves. So when the veteran returned to his
own home, it was very late at night. So the veteran decided to sleep in the living room because
he did not wanted to disturb and wake up his wife and daughter. In the morning, the daughter
saw his dad sleeping in the living room. She ran over to wake him up. Due to the veteran’s training
during the war, his natural instinct was to protect himself and to kill anything that surprise them.
Unfortunately, he woke up by surprise, acted naturally and killed his own daughter.
I really think there's more than survival and patriotism; therefore I really want to more this "embedded" instinct especially from someone who has been trained to do so.
I am a university student currently studying at the Ontario College of Art and Design University within the graphic design degree program.
Presently, I am undertaking a project based on an original primary research generated from the form of an interview or conversation. The goal is to find someone that I can talk to (who I have never met before) who has specialized knowledge in a field that I believe my peers would find intriguing. Most importantly, the topic/subject must be in the area of my interest.
The ultimate goal is to find an opportunity for me as an academic student to learn something that I have always wanted to learn and to utilized my graphic design skills to re-create this conversation into an interesting layout format.
My objective here is to seek an individual to speak to someone who has been in the war, possibly in Vietnam, Korea, or in the Middle East regions. I am interested in finding out about their experience during their service and training.
The area of interest and questions lies within the topics of resistance against guerilla warfare and the training process of resisting guerilla warfare. These might include their experience on the battlefield, their experience in defending from enemies’ ambush, and how they survived these ambushes.
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When I was studying a law course in high school eight years ago, my teacher was giving a lecture
on a very unique case of involuntary manslaughter. A Vietnam veteran returned home from the war.
He was trained to adapt guerilla warfare. Very often soldiers must always be ready for any surprise
attack even while they were sleeping in trenches and caves. So when the veteran returned to his
own home, it was very late at night. So the veteran decided to sleep in the living room because
he did not wanted to disturb and wake up his wife and daughter. In the morning, the daughter
saw his dad sleeping in the living room. She ran over to wake him up. Due to the veteran’s training
during the war, his natural instinct was to protect himself and to kill anything that surprise them.
Unfortunately, he woke up by surprise, acted naturally and killed his own daughter.
I really think there's more than survival and patriotism; therefore I really want to more this "embedded" instinct especially from someone who has been trained to do so.
A comment on Conversation: What strategies does the military use to train soldiers to kill?
I am a university student currently studying at the Ontario College of Art and Design University within the graphic design degree program.
Presently, I am undertaking a project based on an original primary research generated from the form of an interview or conversation. The goal is to find someone that I can talk to (who I have never met before) who has specialized knowledge in a field that I believe my peers would find intriguing. Most importantly, the topic/subject must be in the area of my interest.
The ultimate goal is to find an opportunity for me as an academic student to learn something that I have always wanted to learn and to utilized my graphic design skills to re-create this conversation into an interesting layout format.
My objective here is to seek an individual to speak to someone who has been in the war, possibly in Vietnam, Korea, or in the Middle East regions. I am interested in finding out about their experience during their service and training.
The area of interest and questions lies within the topics of resistance against guerilla warfare and the training process of resisting guerilla warfare. These might include their experience on the battlefield, their experience in defending from enemies’ ambush, and how they survived these ambushes.
Andy