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Texin

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8. I don't disagree with your observation(s). However, many of these men were very young. Many just out of high school

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Thu Jul 3, 2025, 01:21 PM

Jul 2025

and many of them barely eighteen years old. The brains of young people are still developing at that age, and many if not most had not yet had enough life experience to be able to encounter experiences that mature them. Also remember that these fellows, many or most of them didn't volunteer to be there either.

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