re: #469 Guanxi88

Given the significant number of muskets recovered from battlefields showing multiple unfired charges (soldiers pretending to load, aim, and fire) and the surprisingly light casualties in most engagements), yes, most men were unwilling to kill.

Sugest you look into the USMC studies on the subject. Most normal people cannot stomach the thought of killing another person.

Interestingly, the thing that makes the most difference appears to be not racist cartoons, but video games, regardless of racial imagery.

My generation has a much lower rate of kill balk than previous ones.

This is not something I’m real proud of.