Why Do People Act Shocked When Soldiers Are Killed?

Canada
August 26, 2007 5:53am CST
Not to be completely rude here, but why do people say things like 'Oh My Gosh I can't believe this happened' and 'No, I don't believe that he/she was killed'? Where do some people think that a soldier is going when he or she is called to go to war/duty - off for vacation or something? I can understand, very much, that a family member who has a soldier son or daughter would naturally say something like this. Why do complete strangers (a general public) to the killed soldier respond this way?
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huntbird
@huntbird (277)
• China
10 Oct 07
Of course not only civilians but also the government act shocked,because soldier stand for the whole country,killing a soldier means fight against the country,it is connected to the honor,all i know is those.
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Bala
@balasri (26537)
• India
26 Aug 07
"No ba stard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb ba stard die for his country" -- George Patton Anything wrong in feeling sorry for the poor dumb B.
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