The comparisons between a soldier and a doctor aren't even close. Soldiers are trained
to use whatever force it takes to achieve an objective. In short, a soldier is
essentially paid and rewarded by the government to kill or wipe out an opponent by
whatever means possible. A doctor is trained to save lives by whatever means possible
and sometimes they don't always succeed. That's simple reality and generally they
probably save many more lives than the ones they lose.

A doctor can chose his or her patients but a soldier has no choice with whom they
chose as an opponent. A soldier is purely a tool of a government (of one form or
another). Fortunately, doctors are not so much tools of a governement.

The fact that you wouldn't want to deliver bad news makes me think that perhaps you
don't quite feel 100% that it is "worth it".

Health, prosperity and peace to you!

John Barnard

Dan wrote:

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 04:57:45 GMT, John Barnard wrote:

Just out of curiosity, do you think that it would still be worth it if you had to
deliver the bad news to the families and loved ones of somebody killed in such
conflicts day after day. Could you look them all in the eye and say "It was worth
it that your son or daughter or husband or wife was killed over there"?

Of course it's still "worth it". I would not want that job, however,
any more than I would want to be a doctor telling families day after
day that grampa died or your child died at birth or whatever. There
are people who are cut out for that and there are people who are not.
It has no relevance as to whether the war is "worth it" or not.

Is being a doctor "worth it" when you have to tell people day after
day that a loved one has died? What a stupid question!

The USA threatened its own survival by giving these fanatics weapons in the first
place. I sure as hell hope that the USA learns never to give weapons to fanatics
of any type ever again.

Amen to that.

Dan

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