Chris describes poignantly the self-induced curse that is the "Mark of Cain." As the biblical story goes, Cain cold-blooded murders his brother, Abel. When God confronts Cain, "Where is your brother, Abel?", Cain sarcastically retorts, "Am I my brother's keeper?" Basically, God tells Cain that he will be a soul-less alien upon earth.
Chris describes poignantly the self-induced curse that is the "Mark of Cain." As the biblical story goes, Cain cold-blooded murders his brother, Abel. When God confronts Cain, "Where is your brother, Abel?", Cain sarcastically retorts, "Am I my brother's keeper?" Basically, God tells Cain that he will be a soul-less alien upon earth.
Tragically, the American public is fascinated by the myth of the noble sniper. The box office hit movie, "American Sniper," regales the story of the real Chris Kyle who claimed he sniper-killed 320 people (the military confirmed 160. Kyle died in a shooting range accident. But beyond the singular incidents of military snipers are the millions of youngsters and adults who play sniper-type video games. War psychologist Dave Grossman has written extensively on the desensitization to homicidal violence that violent video games induce.
Yes. It requires a lot of effort to change a normal human being into a murderer. The military knows well this fact. Talking of movies, the following is a dialog in the fictional movie Full Metal jacket:
Drill Sergeant to new recruits being trained for Vietnam:
-Do any of you know who Charles Whitman was?
-Sir, he shot all those people from that tower in Austin, Texas, sir.
-Charles Whitman killed 12 people...from a 28-story observation tower at the University of Texas...from a distance of up to 400 yards. Anybody know who Lee Harvey Oswal was?
-Sir, he shot Kennedy, sir.
-And do you know how far away he was?
-Sir, it was far! from that book depository building, sir.
-250 feet. It was 250 feet away and shooting to a moving target. He got off three rounds...with an Italian-bolt action rifle in six seconds...and scored two hits including a head shot! Do any of you know where these individuals learned to shoot?
-Sir, in the Marines, sir.
-In the Marines! outstanding! Those individuals showed what a motivated Marine and his rifle can do! And before you leave you will all be able to do the same thing!
Chris describes poignantly the self-induced curse that is the "Mark of Cain." As the biblical story goes, Cain cold-blooded murders his brother, Abel. When God confronts Cain, "Where is your brother, Abel?", Cain sarcastically retorts, "Am I my brother's keeper?" Basically, God tells Cain that he will be a soul-less alien upon earth.
Tragically, the American public is fascinated by the myth of the noble sniper. The box office hit movie, "American Sniper," regales the story of the real Chris Kyle who claimed he sniper-killed 320 people (the military confirmed 160. Kyle died in a shooting range accident. But beyond the singular incidents of military snipers are the millions of youngsters and adults who play sniper-type video games. War psychologist Dave Grossman has written extensively on the desensitization to homicidal violence that violent video games induce.
Yes. It requires a lot of effort to change a normal human being into a murderer. The military knows well this fact. Talking of movies, the following is a dialog in the fictional movie Full Metal jacket:
Drill Sergeant to new recruits being trained for Vietnam:
-Do any of you know who Charles Whitman was?
-Sir, he shot all those people from that tower in Austin, Texas, sir.
-Charles Whitman killed 12 people...from a 28-story observation tower at the University of Texas...from a distance of up to 400 yards. Anybody know who Lee Harvey Oswal was?
-Sir, he shot Kennedy, sir.
-And do you know how far away he was?
-Sir, it was far! from that book depository building, sir.
-250 feet. It was 250 feet away and shooting to a moving target. He got off three rounds...with an Italian-bolt action rifle in six seconds...and scored two hits including a head shot! Do any of you know where these individuals learned to shoot?
-Sir, in the Marines, sir.
-In the Marines! outstanding! Those individuals showed what a motivated Marine and his rifle can do! And before you leave you will all be able to do the same thing!