How sensitive we have become.
I wonder why this generation of military veterans are scared of fireworks while all of us older generation of military veterans are not?
Must be something in the food. Or it just might be that we older vets simply thought that some of us who went through terrible times in war simply had “battle fatigue” and once home could convalesce and recover...and did.
What the hell has happened to the new generation? Anything and everything has a physiological solution today and everything can be blamed on anything.
Maybe the way war is conducted is worse than in the past. In the past, humans were the limiting factors in how battles were fought. Now, machines often determine it and machines don’t have any psychological limits.
That's what I found to be most revolting about this article: it slanders while claiming to be compassionate. This "nonprofit" organization, "Military with PTSD" is ultimately trying to use a small number of victims to eliminate firework displays, while at the same time implying that combat veterans, as a group, are about to snap at the slightest stress.
Both of my grandfathers, my father, 3 uncles and 2 brothers saw combat. If fireworks bothered them they never ever told anyone about it.
I believe it is psychological. If you are told about a malady long enough you can get that malady.
You’re blaming an entire generation and all veterans for some shitty article and some minuscule non-profit org?
Maybe you should try thinking before posting nonsense.
We have a treasonous media who makes a deal out of every suicide by vet that they didn’t do for previous wars. The news media outlets want us to fail, unless our military is completely liberalized.
Our military BEGINS it's military stint at the average age of 18/19 ... WELL indoctrinated in 'the battle for his mind', and ever alert (even if subliminally)
The warrior of the past never experienced a childhood belabored with social questions ... just whether he liked that guy or not ... life was less complicated.
Today's combat vet, seasoned and matured has STILL a different 'upbringing' than the combat vet of 40 plus years ago
I believe there is a vast difference in the makeup of a man reared in the days and influence of Norman Rockwell as opposed to those reared in the influence of rock and roll and (the brand of) social turmoil today
my two cent's worth and God be with every man and woman that suffers
You have a point but I think on the old days men with she’ll shock just drank.