>>23951680Metaphors aren't your forte are they?
That's okay. Let me unpackage it for you.
The average civilian is like a house dog; war, law enforcement, anything to deal with the world's ugly nature/suffering is like the forest. The dog enters, and if survives, becomes changed. How it should work is that a dog tossed into the forest, stays in the forest. Especially those who ran with wolves, fought with wolves, and learned the ways of wolves. Some dogs stay on the outskirts of the woods, they can be brought back into homes.
However, the system isn't perfect, sometimes, dogs come back from the deep woods and hang out near houses and people. Is that a failure of the system? Perhaps, but can a dog be ultimately called a dog, if it knows the ways of a wolf? How comfortable would you truly be with it, if you were aware it was once a wolf? Likewise, could the dog ever be okay with a home?
In that, I think, we must treat our veterans better, because just because the station has ended, doesn't mean the mindset ever truly goes away. Luckily, nowadays, veterans are given nice enclosures, and jobs that remind them of the woods. Now imagine if that enclosure is taken away, where would they go and what would they do?
>>23951696Hey now, just because someone has knowledge and means, doesn't make them dangerous; that's a mantra I've had to repeat many a time. What it comes down to is "Quality of Life"
If Quality of Life is never disturbed, one can consider an animal "tamed". Challenge that Quality of Life, through removal of enclosure, stress, or removal of what makes the enclosure works? Then you'll see something operating on instinct.
I like wolves, non metaphorically, feed them food, give them a place to nest and sleep, and they are relatively peaceful. Feed them less, or cause stress in their den? You'll find they are less friendly, and snarl at you.
This is true of any animal, Man included.
