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| Topic | Made my mom cry because I said someone wasn't a hero for dying in the military. |
| adjl 09/27/21 7:47:07 AM #16: | THEGODDAMNBATMA posted... Legitimately think he died in a freak car accident on his way to the base. I'm not sure how them military would count that, but accidents account for more military fatalities than people like to think: https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/pages/report_number_serve.xhtml From 2000-2010, 7 of those 11 years saw more deaths due to accidents than hostile action. The military doesn't exactly have the best safety record even if you look past the "getting shot at" thing. That said, if calling him a "hero" helps people mourn, you should just let them do that, at least in the immediate aftermath of his death. There's nothing to be gained by correcting them, meaning you'll be upsetting them for really no reason. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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