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Re: Voluntary, private discrimination (Was: Disparicies in Sentencing)
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Mon, 13 Sep 1999 22:36:27 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
Mike Stanley wrote:
Rather than say the military
trains soldiers not to feel "bad" about killing the enemy (they're not
people), I'd say we were trained to enjoy, even long for doing it.
I just wanted to make certain that killing a person is
totally different when you are a soldier, and that they have training for • that.
I have the highest regards for the armed services, I am glad they are there!
Murder is awful, and not to be taken lightly. It is a different matter, • legally,
in the regular day to day life citizenry, however.

I hope you can see just how stupid-sounding what you just said was.  Murder is
okay when done at the command of a military officer, but not okay when
otherwise?  Morality doesn't play into this at all; you just obey the orders
from above.  Did I read that right, or am I mis-interpreting what you are
saying?  Are you actually promoting the Nuremburg Defense?

Cheers,
- jsproat



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  Re: Voluntary, private discrimination (Was: Disparicies in Sentencing)
 
(...) I certainly don't think he meant to say that, although I can see how you might read it into it. Still, killing the enemy in wartime is not murder. Shooting helpless women and children in Vietnamese villages is murder, though, no matter who (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Voluntary, private discrimination (Was: Disparicies in Sentencing)
 
(...) I must imagine so. I just wanted to make certain that killing a person is totally different when you are a soldier, and that they have training for that. I have the highest regards for the armed services, I am glad they are there! Murder is (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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