<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 1.45em;"><strong>1st Lt. Ari Redfern</strong></span><br/><br/><br/>Ari listened respectfully to the Captain as she spoke.  For her, what they did to win was something she didn't consider cheating.  They used strategy.  They followed the rules of war.  The "do what it takes to win" theory had been costly from a humanistic perspective.  "Ma'am, I do understand and appreciate what you say about winning at any cost.  However, it is my own belief that if we do fight completely as this enemy fights, we bring ourselves to the lowest common denominator between us and them, and in doing so lose our humanity--the thing that sets us apart.  Would it not be better to take what we can learn from them and combine it with human drive, intelligence.   Complete understanding of ones enemy, acting in stealth, using counter strategies, those are all good, but to become something one hates to fight it, that is what I find objectionable to make myself a bit more clear."   Ari stood straight and looked the Captain in the eyes, "However, I would very much like to continue in the paint ball exercise or whatever it may be.  I choose, however, to continue to not to wear an armband."<br/><br/>