ABSTRACT
A scene from a very bad movie, Full Metal Jacket, shows a group of U.S. Marines
looking down at the corpse of one of their squad mates. They all mutter things of
condolence to the corpse, except for one man who states flat out, “better you than
me.” It may sound trite, but to fully understand that line, and the grief that may
follow it, you had to be there.
