“Trained to kill”

Logos appeal:
“why our youngest generation is so violent.”
“train our Marines to kill.”
“humans have a natural aversion to killing one another.”
“problem was psychological conditioning.”
“We fought each other -- living, thinking, breathing enemies -- the ultimate in realism.”
“The realism provided by video games works on young brains the same way.”
“ You can't perpetrate these kinds of mass murders with a knife.”
“We also need to address the factors in our culture that promote violence.”

Ethos appeal:
"....why our youngest generation is so violent'
'The military started using human-shaped paper targets"
'The idea was to link reward centers in the brain to accuracy and the sight of a human falling down."
"We fought each other -- living, thinking, breathing enemies -- the ultimate in realism."
"Here's the problem: children in America don't get that second set of lessons. They only get the first."
"Science has since proven that the brain rewires itself based on experience."
"The realism provided by video games works on young brains the same way." "You can't perpetrate these kinds of mass murders with a knife."

Pathos appeal:
"shootings in America are tragic'
"so violent"
"train our Marines to kill"
"humans have a natural aversion to killing one another"
"Killing the "enemy" was fulfilling."
"We fought "
"Marines are ethical warriors"
"kill the cops"
"exposure to violence"
"enormous amount of power"
" You can't perpetrate these kinds of mass murders with a knife"
"We also need to address the factors in our culture that promote violence."

Comments:

In this article the author is appealing to the audiences ethics by applying all three rhetorical appeals. When giving facts about how marines found it hard to kill other humans, and in order to help marines fulfill their duty. They had to go under different training, the training scenarios became more real life based over the years. Use of emotion and ethic appeals mixed together when the article covers killing other people or commit acts of violence. The point is there, even though the appeals could have been more in depth it was okay. Could have given better or more current comparisons. Talk about the violence involving the kids that do play shooting/killing video games or perhaps show how children prone to this at early ages are more capable to kill humans rather than our soldiers?