I'm not trying to throw around high-dollar words, but classical Greek had two contrasting terms that sum up the problem with today's military (esp. the Navy), PATHOS and ETHOS.
Pathos is feeling, emotion, always highly personal; ethos is impersonal, the sense of duty, of right and wrong above and beyond what's convenient or comfortable to you, the respect you have for the chain of command even if you don't personally respect your superior officer, patriotism and camaraderie carried to the point of self-sacrifice.
Pathos is ego-centered (snowflakey sense of uniqueness and entitlement, participation trophy mentality); it personalizes everything and wallows in passive-aggressive "feels" (hurt feelings, e.g., as when you report a drill sergeant for saying mean things to you).If your GOAL was to reduce the combat effectiveness of the military, encouraging pathos and weakening ethos would be a really great way to do it. (Just sayin', Barry.) Another word for this is coddling.
R. Lee Ermey must be spinning in his grave. "What the fuck, I thought it was OORAH, not OW-EE!"
I'm not trying to throw around high-dollar words, but classical Greek had two contrasting terms that sum up the problem with today's military (esp. the Navy), PATHOS and ETHOS.
Pathos is feeling, emotion, always highly personal; ethos is impersonal, the sense of duty, of right and wrong above and beyond what's convenient or comfortable to you, the respect you have for the chain of command even if you don't personally respect your superior officer, patriotism and camaraderie carried to the point of willing self-sacrifice.
Pathos is ego-centered (snowflakey sense of uniqueness and entitlement, participation trophy mentality); it personalizes everything and wallows in passive-aggressive "feels" (hurt feelings, e.g., as when you report a drill sergeant for saying mean things to you).If your GOAL was to reduce the combat effectiveness of the military, encouraging pathos and weakening ethos would be a really great way to do it. (Just sayin', Barry.) Another word for this is coddling.
R. Lee Ermey must be spinning in his grave. "What the fuck, I thought it was OORAH, not OW-EE!"
I'm not trying to throw around high-dollar words, but classical Greek had two contrasting terms that sum up the problem with today's military (esp. the Navy), PATHOS and ETHOS.
Pathos is feeling, emotion, always highly personal; ethos is impersonal, the sense of duty, of right and wrong above and beyond what's convenient or comfortable to you, the respect you have for the chain of command even if you don't personally respect your superior officer.
Pathos is subjective, personalizes everything, and wallows in "feels" (hurt feelings, e.g., as when you report a drill sergeant for saying mean things to you).If your GOAL was to reduce the combat effectiveness of the military, encouraging pathos and weakening ethos would be a really great way to do it. (Just sayin', Barry.) Another word for this is coddling. R. Lee Ermey must be spinning in his grave. "What the fuck, I thought it was OORAH, not OW-EE!"