[YHAOS]

"It is equally a slur to say that ID is looking for Pink Unicorns."

Maybe those pink unicorns can explain the motives which drove a lone unarmed man to stare down those four T-72 tanks which we discussed in another topic not long ago. The Masters of the Universe, by their own admission, can't (explain motives, that is - or stare down the tanks either, come to think of it).

[js1138]

It's mostly men that go to war, and men are expendable. It doesn't take many to keep a population going. Male rats will solve a maze for the sole reward of having the opportunity of fighting with another rat. As a kid I couldn't wait for recess, when I would have the opportunity to wrestle and fight with other kids.

Why would someone face certain death? Because facing death is something that is occasionally required if the group is to survive. Some people are timid and some are thrill seekers. It takes a variety to maintain a population.