At 08:49 AM 5/29/01 +0200, Sonja wrote:
>Isn't it also to some extent a form of denial. I can imagine that if everybody
>goes to war you'd feel morally obliged to join the effort. Psycologically
>we are
>after all still herd animals. But I wonder how many men going to war actually
>consider the risks involved or are seriously convinced that they could
>become a
>permanent invalid or even die as a result of that war?
How about all those young men from the US who went to Canada during the
sixties?
>Like how many people actually consider that they might ever become the
>victim of
>a crime,
Lots of people have alarm systems or firearms to lessen the odds that a
would-be criminal will be successful.
>get hit by a car or die as a consequence of a serious illness?
You mean other than people who have been in a non-fatal accident or had a
serious illness (or had it happen to someone close to them)?
-- Ronn! :)
