Soldier kills his brothers in arms.

[WeHaveFreshCookies]

This is sad news.

Sad news indeed.

[speakerlight]

Happens all the time.Now imagine killing your whole family when they all become zombies.

Hurts doesn't it.

[animehater]

Truly a shame.

[WeHaveFreshCookies]

At 5/11/09 10:16 PM, speakerlight wrote: Happens all the time.Now imagine killing your whole family when they all become zombies.

Hurts doesn't it.

"Attacks on fellow soldiers, known as fraggings, were not uncommon during the Vietnam war but are believed to be rare in Iraq and Afghanistan."

Not really, no. Not common at all.

[X-Gary-Gigax-X]

He goes Section-8 on his friends just to make a statement?

[ThE-OuTsiDeR]

One word.. DAMN!

[Zerok]

Christ, that's depressing. Especially for the families of the victims... they all died in the line of duty... technically... but still. It's not quite the same.

[animehater]

At 5/11/09 10:18 PM, WeHaveFreshCookies wrote: were not uncommon during the Vietnam war

I thought that was mostly exaggerated.

[WeHaveFreshCookies]

At 5/11/09 10:22 PM, Zerok wrote: Christ, that's depressing. Especially for the families of the victims... they all died in the line of duty... technically... but still. It's not quite the same.

So unexpected. You would never expect to have the guy that you trust with your life shoot you.

[Seriana]

What goes through a person's mind when they do this?

I want to knowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[Urban-Champion]

What motivates this dickhead to do that?

[animehater]

At 5/11/09 10:25 PM, Pounce wrote: What goes through a person's mind when they do this?

Nothing and everything. Some people just snap I suppose.

[Zerok]

At 5/11/09 10:25 PM, Guest8792 wrote: What motivates this dickhead to do that?

An unstoppable and undeniable delusion brought on by PTSD and/or other severe psychological stressors that are produced by war, I'd guess.

[Sovalkov]

It stated that the sergeant who killed those men had served several tours of duty over a period of six years. It sucks worse to know that this could have been prevented if he'd been demobilized sooner.

[Persnickety]

This is actually really sad news. Just goes to show how much stress soldiers go through. I mean I'm pretty sure the shooter was severely rattled for him to do that.

Reading that article really got me all sad and stuff.

[fallensoul289]

I know that war is hell but why kill your friends and fellow allies? It doesn't make sense.

[Zerok]

At 5/11/09 10:32 PM, fallensoul289 wrote: I know that war is hell but

I think you know how to type "war is hell." I do know you have absolutely no clue about how to even imagine how much of a hell it is. I doubt any of us, aside from at least one user I can think of, can either.

So you're accurate when you say "it doesn't make any sense [to us], " but don't try and make it seem like it was a senseless, random act.

[mrpwnzer]

At 5/11/09 10:25 PM, Pounce wrote: What goes through a person's mind when they do this?

I want to knowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

depression, hate, madness, etc. You never know when people just might snap

[ninjakoopa-33]

At 5/11/09 10:25 PM, Pounce wrote: What goes through a person's mind when they do this?

A number of things go through a person's mind. It's what is exactly that goes through their head that explains why they would do such a thing.

You've all heard the expression "War is hell", right? That's one way of looking at it.

In war, you can't help but have these thoughts run through your head. With the many stress triggers in war, you can see what can cause such actions. All this psychological stress can lead to any number of events. In this case, friendly killing.

[manonthemoon516]

Dammit. This is why we can't have nice things.

[WeHaveFreshCookies]

At 5/11/09 10:38 PM, Zerok wrote:

At 5/11/09 10:32 PM, fallensoul289 wrote: I know that war is hell but

I think you know how to type "war is hell." I do know you have absolutely no clue about how to even imagine how much of a hell it is. I doubt any of us, aside from at least one user I can think of, can either.

No. My grandpa served in Vietnam (He just gave me his service rifle. I have it on my page) and he's still messed up. I once woke up to a gun shot and him yelling. He had put a bullet through the ceiling and then thrown a knife into the wall. But he wouldn't talk about what happened.

The horrors of war are unimaginable. Especially if your in an extremely foreign environment.

[BenwaHakubi]

Is there anything shooting sprees don't effect?

[WeHaveFreshCookies]

At 5/11/09 11:46 PM, BenwaHakubi wrote: Is there anything shooting sprees don't effect?

Scotland. England. Any place without guns has little to no shooting sprees.

[WeHaveFreshCookies]

At 5/11/09 11:50 PM, MercatorMap wrote:

At 5/11/09 10:56 PM, WeHaveFreshCookies wrote:
No. My grandpa served in Vietnam (He just gave me his service rifle. I have it on my page) and he's still messed up. I once woke up to a gun shot and him yelling. He had put a bullet through the ceiling and then thrown a knife into the wall. But he wouldn't talk about what happened.

Hate to break your heart, but your grandfather is full of shit. There were no .22 rifles being used as service rifles during world war II.

Well it may be a different size. Hell if I know. It was his practice rifle. He didn't tell me the size.

[Zerok]

At 5/11/09 11:46 PM, BenwaHakubi wrote: Is there anything shooting sprees don't effect?

*affect :x

Answer: yes and no, depending on how philosophical/quantum mechanically you want to get.

[Zerok]

At 5/11/09 11:56 PM, MercatorMap wrote: No rifle, and I mean NO RIFLE goes through the field and comes back mint condition.

I'm sure there's a statistician or two out there that would have a bone to pick with that claim...

[Generalissimus]

I know a guy who walked in that clinic right before it happened.

[Xavierthewarlord]

God damn Tk'ers.

Serriously, that Iraq Server needs better Mods.

[Podburrys]

At 5/11/09 10:25 PM, Guest8792 wrote: What motivates this dickhead to do that?

Maybe this 'dickhead' snapped. Maybe he'd seen one too many killings and wanted it to stop. Maybe he'd hated these guys. Maybe it was random. The thing is, as civilians we can't know what war does to someone. Our rules don't apply to people who've lived horrors we could never imagine - caused horrors too perhaps. The main thing is, we do not know war so you really cannot judge someone so adversely affected by it.

[Alpha-Critik]

That is indeed quite depressing. But shit happens, i'm afraid.