Sebastian Junger
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He buried the handle of his sword in the sand at an angle.
And then he ran and he threw himself on the sword and killed himself.
That's a rough way to go.
But if you're worried you're going to kill the things that are most precious to you, how can you not?
And when you come back from war, you know, you're not coming back from like landing rounds at 500 meters against the enemy position.
I mean, you're coming back with, you know, people's blood on you.
I mean, covered in other men's blood.
And entrails and whatever.
I mean, the Iliad is it.
It's like a medical textbook.
It's like then he sliced his abdomen open and his entrails fell out and he staggered away holding his entrails and then this and then that.
I mean, it's completely bloody, right?
Visceral in the literal sense of viscera, right?
Like completely bloody.