Wide Sweeping Statements

Ríhanna Kelver, a bartender and trans rights advocate in Laramie, has been charged with aggravated assault and possession of a deadly weapon with unlawful intent after a 13 September 2025 confrontation outside the Crowbar & Grill, whereshe worked. Kelver could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison if convicted on both charges.

Despite Wyoming’s “Stand Your Ground” statute, which allows people to use reasonable force in moments of self defense, Kelver faces up to 15 years in prison for both charges, as well as up to $11,000 in fines, per Cowboy State Daily. Kelver faces an additional year and $1,000 fine for a charge of interference with a peace officer. [...]

So I did some googling and found a headline about 20 deaths between 2022 and 2023.

Now for deaths by enemy action. Fortunately it's easy to find numbers on this:

Uhhhhh. Well any number is higher than 0, soooo. Yeah. Great aircraft you have there.

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Wait a minute.

The most likely things to kill you in the military are:

1. Your conscience

2. The US military's negligence directly

3. The US military's negligence indirectly because they constantly expose you to horrible carcinogens

4. ?

5. Murder most foul

6. ???

7. The enemy

8. Terrorist attack

That is pretty damning.

It makes them so vulnerable to manipulation.

In Unremembered Empire, John Grammaticus easily manipulates Narek, who is holding him prisoner, with "What if we were friends, don't you want a friend? Doesn't that sound nice?" and Nareks like "...ah fuck it does"

[Spoiler: it does not go well for Narek]

Or, hell, Abaddon is wildly successful in recruiting Astartes for the Black Legion because he knows just how many guys feel lost without a herd. That yearning for a battle-brother bond is so deeply hardwired into them, they'll jump to attention the second you offer it.

These poor guys.