# Col. Russell Williams

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/col-russell-williams/537806>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 29, 2010, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/col-russell-williams/537806 "2010-04-29T23:45:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/col-russell-williams/537806/21 "2010-05-02T00:56:27Z")

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> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#):
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> He is a lifer in the military, trained to use violence to solve problems.
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> Is it any surprise that he would do the same in his sex life?

Most people in the military are law abiding citizens who view violence in the service of the state as a job they do so that the rest of us won’t have to.

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/col-russell-williams/537806/22 "2010-05-02T01:02:29Z")

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> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#):
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> Most people in the military are law abiding citizens who view violence in the service of the state as a job they do so that the rest of us won’t have to.

Of course, an intelligent sociopath could view such things however he preferred to, while manipulating the system to his own ends.

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**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/col-russell-williams/537806/23 "2010-05-02T02:40:25Z")

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> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#):
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> Of course, an intelligent sociopath could view such things however he preferred to, while manipulating the system to his own ends.

Sure, but that’s no different from civilian society. The only benefit that I can see with hiding within the military is that the hierarchical organization would be somewhat protective after you were a higher up.

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/col-russell-williams/537806/24 "2010-05-02T02:52:48Z")

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He reminds me of a serial murderer in Spokane, Washington, [Robert Yates](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lee_Yates), who was a 19-year military veteran and upright family man who raised five children. He killed at least 18 women.

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