[RogueIsland]

The subculture even has its own cult figure, the late Carlos Hathcock, who as a Marine sniper in Vietnam was credited with the longest confirmed kill in history. It defies experience to believe that this blizzard of violent fantasy will not effect the greater society. It defies experience to believe that this blizzard of violent fantasy will not effect the greater society.

Diaz must not be a student of culture and history, or he would realize that the Warrior of any culture has always been an object of fascination among the populace. It is one of the few constants that cuts across all places and all centuries. There might be a few exceptions, although those cultures probably vanished rather quickly beneath the phalanxes of those societies that valued the Warrior.

[primeval patriot]

Diaz must not be a student of culture and history, or he would realize that the Warrior of any culture has always been an object of fascination among the populace. It is one of the few constants that cuts across all places and all centuries. There might be a few exceptions, although those cultures probably vanished rather quickly beneath the phalanxes of those societies that valued the Warrior.

Well said.

[ninenot]

A few examples to bolster your case: David who slew Goliath, Odysseus, Ulysses, MacArthur, Patton, Washington, Robin Hood, (a terrorist, too...) and Colin Powell.

By no means an exhaustive list.