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From: Eric Takabayashi <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp>
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Subject: Re: Gentlemen, I may have found the most ironic story yet
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:09:12 +0900
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Bryce wrote:

> > Are you serving in a war zone?
>
> No, because I made the educated decision not to. And I made the educated
> decision to be happy with the situation as well based on research and facts;
> not because I couldn't do anything else in life and thus decided to join the
> army.

There are people not as "educated" as you in the military. There are also
people who take any manner of other kinds of risks, or even those which will
almost certainly result in death.

I don't characterize them as stupid or mentally retarded.