And whole lot of it probably has to do with the fact that we're talking about young men, in the military or out they're more likely to look for the adrenaline rush.
1 posted on
10/30/2010 6:23:15 PM PDT by
Saije
To: Saije
How much also has to do with the enforced feminization and nannyfication of the country these soldiers come back to?
2 posted on
10/30/2010 6:26:48 PM PDT by
Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on its own.)
To: Saije
From first hand experience...Its very addictive, once you have something more important in your life you tend to slow down.
3 posted on
10/30/2010 6:29:55 PM PDT by
darkwing104
(Lets get dangerous)
To: Saije
Is there appreciably more of this behaviour in the military than in the civilian population?
4 posted on
10/30/2010 6:32:49 PM PDT by
FourPeas
(Pester not the geek, for the electrons are his friends.)
To: Saije
When the WWII guys came home after the war, they joined together with the moonshine runners and started NASCAR! Not much left to “study”.
5 posted on
10/30/2010 6:38:14 PM PDT by
FlingWingFlyer
(Just another white boy riding in the back of the bus next to the Emergency Exit.)
To: Saije
“By 2005, there were very few, or nobody, like that,” he said. “Or if you were like that, you were a fool. The evidence was staring you in the face that you would be deployed in ground combat.”Actually, this guy is a fool. Probably 90% of soldiers, sailors, and Marines who are deployed never (or rarely) set foot outside the wire.
To: Saije
7 posted on
10/30/2010 6:43:44 PM PDT by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: Saije
“...are the armed forces attracting recruits drawn to high-risk behavior?”
Is masculinity in men making a comeback? The answer appears to be, “yes.”
10 posted on
10/30/2010 6:48:24 PM PDT by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: Saije
Thrill-seekers are usually overachievers. Introverts are usually underachievers. Does the military want guys willing to do dangerous things or guys planning to stay safe and sound on the couch?
11 posted on
10/30/2010 6:57:04 PM PDT by
CodeToad
(Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
To: Saije
After all the 12 hour days I have been putting in I could sure use some adrenelin.
13 posted on
10/30/2010 7:22:47 PM PDT by
screaminsunshine
(the way to win this game is not to play)
To: Saije
The Kawasaki I had in 1984 would only do 116, but it would do it between leaving the main gate at LeJeune and the end of the on ramp to the road to Jacksonville .
14 posted on
10/30/2010 7:55:26 PM PDT by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.8)
To: Saije
The Kawasaki I had in 1984 would only do 116, but it would do it between leaving the main gate at LeJeune and the end of the on ramp to the road to Jacksonville .
15 posted on
10/30/2010 7:56:29 PM PDT by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.8)
To: Saije
I had a friend that wasn’t after an adrenalin rush but did have a feeling of invincibility. He spent a few weeks in the hospital after a motorcycle accident. He is in seminary now so he can rejoin the air force as a Chaplin.
16 posted on
10/30/2010 8:01:06 PM PDT by
ThomasThomas
(I still like peanut butter)
To: Saije
"I feel the need for speed."
17 posted on
10/30/2010 8:05:24 PM PDT by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The only stable state is one in which all men are equal before the law." -- Aristotle)
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