So killing kids, beating women is no problem, but attacking America. God no... far to evil? So as long as the kids and women are not American you're okay to beat/kill them?Ramare said:
Under what circumstances would you become a Mercenary?
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First of all, it opens up a lot of the boundaries that usually block women from fights. The army, for instance usually doesn't let women fight alongside the men, there was a huge post about this, but basically it fucks with morale in many ways; On the other hand, private security usually hires people with some experience. While the Male:Female ratio is still higher on the Male side, probably by a league, Females CAN work as bodyguards, snipers and many other jobs which usually hold a stigma.Vault101 said:
I'm not saying that women are better shots than men; in fact, all the world records for shooting are held by men except for:
HIGH POWER LONG RANGE
1) Sherri Gallagher (Woman)
Which is pretty cool when you think about it, but still, women are usually just as capable as men for shooting, and a really good woman shooter is leagues ahead of an average male shooter, the difference is usually minuscule.
Private Military Companies thus allow them to fight in what is usually a sexist environment more easily. Thus, I think the male to female ratio would be higher. Also, the sites for many PMCs openly recruit women as well as men.
Then again, I don't really have a source, this is merely speculation.
Sorry for the long rant.
Really, this is kind of tough for me because from my standpoint I see mercs from games. The honest truth is mercs, assassins, and yes even pirates kill for one thing, and that's their paycheck. Me, If you were to see me on that battlefield I'd be the medic.
I honestly believe that everyone is a murderer at heart. After centuries of relative peace we have grown more tame, some more than others; But I believe that when it comes down to it, every single man and woman is capable of murder, be it in self defense or otherwise. And I do think that once the first kill is drawn, none of the consecutive ones will as hard. And many people do acquire a taste for killing. But I digress, still, if you were a Merc fighting say, Zombies. Wouldn't you do it?funguy2121 said:
Let me answer for you: Fuck Yeah.
Why? Because you are avoiding killing because of moral qualms, but oh! Zombies are not alive, they're merely a shell of what used to be a man, a woman, a lover. I'd like to take this chance to link to this:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/8387-Extra-Punctuation-Why-We-Love-Zombies
Since I feel it fits quite well. At least down on a primal level, I'm pretty sure everyone is capable of murder. Perhaps even you would do it if you found your life at risk? After all, we do have a pretty strong self-preservation sense. WE are not a flock of sheep that would wait to be slaughtered. WE would fight to our last spit breath before dying in complacency. So yes, I think even WE would fight to protect our lives, even if it meant being a mercenary.
Well no the army arent merc's but company's like blackwater(think thats the name) and such are. Most of what they do is protection for peoples here and in other country's. For example Saudi Arabia'n govt is only allowed so many trips here with secret service protection. Merc groups would be with them all other times. Same for business deals that are in country's like that where they are nervous about the outcome, "peace missions" among other things are done by them alot. Really you could just say its any company in which are hired gun's to do someone's work in said country.....It's a business.Richardplex said:
All my friends get a happy life and you can point me in the direction you want as long as they live a happy life from when I get sent out to when they die.
If I get enough money, the firearms I'd want, my army gear or an exact reconstruction and position as squad leader. ...And my precious explosives.
What? I don't have any sort of quandaries with being a mercenary. Sounds like kind of an interesting job, too.
What? I don't have any sort of quandaries with being a mercenary. Sounds like kind of an interesting job, too.
When I can regenerate health, call in airstrikes at a whim and have a sassy female Auzzie support agent as a back-up, then I will be a Mercenary.
I go by 'If you can buy someone out and make him/her go against the very people they were serving before, they're mercanary scum'. Private american companies aren't exactly going to be terrorists if they got offered lots of money, so I wouldn't call them true mercaries, as they owe their loyalty to more than their next paycheck.Gudrests said:
I'd probably only become a mercenary when their is anarchy running around or if the world was similar to the wild west or if the world was similar to the anarchy and freedom of a post-apocalyptic world, kind of like the Fallout series. other then that i probably be able to find a better job and make more money a different way
First of all, I said hitting, not beating. I don't uphold the normal male stereotype of not being able to hit a girl, that's all I said. And yeah, if the enemy has femme troops, their asses are as fair game as the dudes, as far as lead poisoning goes. Kids too.Leonartheinsane said:
Second of all, I said attacking America was insane, not evil. And when I used the word "evil" it had the word "comically" next to it for a reason. It just seems so idiotically brash to attack America that, assuming this is in real life we're talking about, it'd make me feel like I'm in a facking video game, it's so arbitrarily stupid. Superior numbers to the tune of the SEALs, USMC, Army, as well as the fact that I guarantee one sixth of America could and would act as minute men, SWAT, Police, PMCs, and even maybe other mercs if they get desperate; superior weapons, vehicles, communications, and all-around technology; and, on top of all of that, they're allies with almost every big-league nation there is, as well as a member of NATO.
I said comically, because my employers would have to be fucking super villains to be stupid enough attempt to overthrow America, and I would have to come down with a serious case of mook stupidity to not go "Yeah, good luck with that. I quit." when they seriously suggested that we attack fucking America.
And, actually, I'm more likely to give a shit about attacking people from countries other than America, since I was born and raised here, and hate everyone. I know that the "stupid American", or even the "every American is a douche" stereotypes aren't true, but some people make you want to strap C4 onto that notion, and throw that notion off of a bridge...