They kill, I look.
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I'm currently doing my BMT. To make the story short, as my bunk is next to the forest, we have problems of bees coming into our bunks, especially after rainy weather.
As these bees are 'dangerous', we are ordered to kill these bees on sight. See a bee, take a newspaper, put over the bee, and stomp it. We are also encouraged to bring insecticide on our next book-in.
As someone who's strongly opposed to killings of sentient beings, I of course, chose to shoo away the bees instead of killing them. But this is not so for almost everyone around me. As a result, we have lots of dead bees lying around in the company line.
What saddens me is that I'm unable to convince so many people that we should think of other solutions instead of killing these bees on sight. I could only look on as my mates went on killing the bees.
And I'm barely into my third week in the army.
I'm sure there'll be much of such incidents in the future, instances where we'll have to do things that are against our moral values. Very soon, I'll have to learn how to use a gun and kill people in the most effective manner.
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there's only that much you can do. just wish the bees well and may they be reborn into a higher realm.
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First thing first, the objective of an army is TO defend when the situation requires and that would mean that killing of enemy is necessary to that situation. Bo bian. Unless you find ways to siam army. If not the fundamental of any army is to kill what.Originally posted by annoy-you-must:I'm currently doing my BMT. To make the story short, as my bunk is next to the forest, we have problems of bees coming into our bunks, especially after rainy weather.
As these bees are 'dangerous', we are ordered to kill these bees on sight. See a bee, take a newspaper, put over the bee, and stomp it. We are also encouraged to bring insecticide on our next book-in.
As someone who's strongly opposed to killings of sentient beings, I of course, chose to shoo away the bees instead of killing them. But this is not so for almost everyone around me. As a result, we have lots of dead bees lying around in the company line.
What saddens me is that I'm unable to convince so many people that we should think of other solutions instead of killing these bees on sight. I could only look on as my mates went on killing the bees.
And I'm barely into my third week in the army.
I'm sure there'll be much of such incidents in the future, instances where we'll have to do things that are against our moral values. Very soon, I'll have to learn how to use a gun and kill people in the most effective manner.
Cheers.
Second thing, probably there are some constraints into removing the bees' habitat and that 'killing each bee on sight' turns out to be the most practical solution to your company.
Everyone sees things from different perspective and from a norm people point of view, there is no way that you could convince them into not killing the bees as they may pose a certain risk to their lives!
However if you're really uncomfortable in the killing, you can sound out to your instructor and then the rest is up to your own call. -
well. all i can say is, if u really have to kill, then just pray that it gets reborn ASAP, in a higher realm.
My parents often kill those cockroaches, lizards and other insects then got into the house, i can't do much as me too, is scared of them. But after they've been killed, i'd pray for them, wish them all the best and to be reborn in a higher realm. -
In US, there's also a case of regarding killing, using a religion as the reason and sue the army/govt.
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an example of common sense triumphing over religion...
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TS dare only look which means no common sense in that action alone.Originally posted by NYPD^blue:an example of common sense triumphing over religion...