On Sat, 9 Jul 2011 20:26:18 -0500, "HeyBub" wrote:

DGDevin wrote:

Last year more members of the American armed services committed
suicide than died in combat. But I forget, you don't care much about
stuff like that, since they volunteered their lives can be squandered
in any half-witted adventure the CinC can dream up.

As a percentage, fewer members of the armed services commit suicide than
their same-age-group counterparts in the civilian sector. One could claim,
therefore, that military service REDUCES the incidence of people taking
their own life.

Post hoc ergo propter hoc? More likely fewer crazies make it through the
selection process.