[Vision2020] Say What?

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Paul
You are correct in that people do not act the same in different circumstances. For a good illustration of this see the movie "They came to Cardova" with Gary Cooper.
Roger
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From: Paul Rumelhart godshatter at yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:10:09 -0700
To: Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What?

> That's a pretty sweeping generalization. She's saying that training 
> helps, or at least it helped Mr. McCain. That's good, or all those 
> resources spent training were wasted. Besides, there are different types 
> of stress. The stress of being a POW is probably different than the 
> stress of being in combat. Specific types of training might help 
> mitigate some types of stress in some situations more than others. Not 
> to mention that people don't react the same in all situations, anyway.
> 
> I've never been a POW, and I've never been in combat. So what do I 
> really know? I have, fwiw, gone through some of the training McCain went 
> through at the Naval Academy.
> 
> Paul
> 
> Tom Hansen wrote:
> > Extracted from an interview of Cindy McCain in "Marie Claire", a monthly 
> > womens' magazine at:
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/5yxmre
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------
> >  
> > Q: You met your husband after his POW days. To what extent is that still 
> > with you - or is it a part of history?
> >
> > CINDY McCAIN: My husband will be the first one to tell you that that’s in 
> > the past. Certainly it’s a part of who he is, but he doesn’t dwell on it. 
> > It’s not part of a daily experience that we experience or anything like 
> > that. But it has shaped him. It has made him the leader that he is.
> >
> > Q: But no cold sweats in the middle of the night?
> >
> > CINDY McCAIN: Oh, no, no, no, no, no. My husband, he’d be the first one to 
> > tell you that he was trained to do what he was doing. The guys who had the 
> > trouble were the 18-year-olds who were drafted. He was trained, he went to 
> > the Naval Academy, he was a trained United States naval officer, and so he 
> > knew what he was doing.
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > So, the only people susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 
> > are young "untrained" service members?
> >
> > Is this how a potential first lady supports our troops?
> >
> > Seeya at farmers' Market, Moscow.
> >
> > Tom Hansen
> > Moscow, Idaho
> >  
> > "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college 
> > students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
> >
> > - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
> >
> >
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