Re: Topic For Paper?

eugene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Eugene Griessel) wrote:

:"La N" <nilita2004NOSPAM@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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:>I can't wait to read about the rest of his stellar career to see if he
:>eventually suffers from PTSD ...;)
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:PTSD didn't exist till people found out one could claim cash from the
:state for it ....

Before that we called it 'shell shock'. Those who weren't totally
debilitated by it were just sent home, where neighbors would comment
about how "Johnny has just never been quite right since he came back
from France..."

It was grossly underreported and undertreated then. Now the pendulum
has swung...

--
"Most people don't realize it, but ninety percent of morality is based
on comfort. Incinerate hundreds of people from thirty thousand feet
up and you'll sleep like a baby afterward. Kill one person with a
bayonet and your dreams will never be sweet again."
-- John Rain, "Rain Storm"
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