Status Updates From What It is Like to Go to War

“Numbness and hypocrisy aren’t learned in boot camp. When it comes to inurement to violence, boot camp is just finishing school.”

“If a fine tool is little used I have to assume it was bought to shore up the buyer’s low self-esteem. If a crummy inadequate tool is used constantly I have to assume it’s because of low esteem for the job. This is one reason why our cities are falling to pieces, physically and socially, while we have military hardware that glows in the dark and does handsprings.”

“You can’t be a good person until you observe how bad you are. It is only when the evil is conscious that it can be countered.”