[agooga]

Here's another angle: Rough play and competition makes for good soldiers. In WWII, the guys that were handpicked for special outfits like scout-sniper platoons were those who had an upbringing rife with hunting, hard play and vigorous physical activity. This kind of upbringing is all but extinct in today's pussified America.

[dead]

Rough play and competition makes for good soldiers.

That’s exactly what these “education experts” fear.

Good soldiers are often violent and don’t surrender well.

[presidio9]

Here's another angle: Rough play and competition makes for good soldiers. In WWII, the guys that were handpicked for special outfits like scout-sniper platoons were those who had an upbringing rife with hunting, hard play and vigorous physical activity. This kind of upbringing is all but extinct in today's pussified America.

In the weeks leading up to the war there was a front page Wall St Journal story about how the US soldiers were holding full-on Fight Club style matches, complete with lost teeth and broken noses to keep the edge on.

[onehipdad]

I read once that Boeing had a preference for Kansas farmboys because (a) they were used to working long hours in the fields, and (b) they were used to fixing stuff out in the field with what they had to work with (i.e, resourceful). I think it was D-Day by S. Ambrose.