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originally posted by: Tangerine
a reply to: Spider879
What's the difference between a mercenary and a hitman?
originally posted by: Tangerine
originally posted by: yuppa
a reply to: ColCurious
A good merc is honorable to their employers contracts and as such is loyal to their employer. Now th eones you are talking about who will betray you for a higher profit are usually the ones who come up dead because thet cant be trusted. You are only as good as your word in the merc business.
Police work for money. technically they are mercs. Soldiers too. they dont do it for free.
Enlisted soldiers swear allegiance to a country (at least our soldiers do). Mercenaries are contract killers for hire. Big difference.
originally posted by: yuppa
originally posted by: Tangerine
originally posted by: yuppa
a reply to: ColCurious
A good merc is honorable to their employers contracts and as such is loyal to their employer. Now th eones you are talking about who will betray you for a higher profit are usually the ones who come up dead because thet cant be trusted. You are only as good as your word in the merc business.
Police work for money. technically they are mercs. Soldiers too. they dont do it for free.
Enlisted soldiers swear allegiance to a country (at least our soldiers do). Mercenaries are contract killers for hire. Big difference.
Police swear a oath as well. In the end its just words and allegiences end all the time. I was in ROTC. i was going to go military but decided not to. I had a feeling the country was moving in a warlike direction. I was just going to sign up for the MONEY. Not out of pariotism. This current generation if it was unpaid they would desert in droves.