Thread: Natural Killers
View Single Post
Old 12-22-2014, 19:28   #4
miclo18d
Quiet Professional
 
miclo18d's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Occupied Northlandia
Posts: 1,697
Quote:
Originally Posted by SFOC0173 View Post
Not sure if this is the same article, was unable to link to the article in the original post. This article was written by a Major David S. Pierson, US Army. He referenced Grossman five times in the footnotes.

https://notes.utk.edu/bio/greenberg....1?OpenDocument
From the article:
Quote:
the natural killer found in the US Army lacks social emotions, is a later son (not first-born), got into frequent fights as a child, enjoys contact sports, is from a middle or upper class background, is an extrovert, has above-average intelligence and a caustic sense of humor
I can react emotionally in social situations, never got into fights, wasn't really into contact sports (but didn't shy away from contact), and very much an introvert.

I was second born, middle class family, my sense of humor would be described as sarcaustic.

Above average intelligence is debatable.

Talked to an SF head shrinker and he said they looked for the "sociopath with morals". Someone who can kill (BAD guys), then have a beer and a laugh.
__________________
"The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles." — Jeff Cooper
miclo18d is offline   Reply With Quote