[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Discipline or civilizaitonal rules are our attempt - born from intellectual insight and not materially/biologically founded at all - to keep biology and primtive instincts in check. But it exists in the background, always. Keepoing it in check, is often and usually not impossiblel but when you create too exposed, articially "pointy" situations and conditions, it becomes more likely that they fail.


If you put a woman on a crossroad and have her undressing, or a male stripping in a female prison, don't be surprised you get riots and "mishaps". Better expect things to happen if you almost provoke them.



"We had to agree with Freud when he saw in our culture, our civilization, only a thin layer that can be pierced at any moment by the destructive forces of the underworld (...)" - Stefan Zweig, The World of Yesterday. Memoirs of a European

I wasn't saying that genetics doesn't play a role. However, I assure you well regulated military units are equally well disciplined.