01-27-2012, 12:24 AM
When a group of people grow beyond a known community and become identified by a governmental system in the form of an ideology, the idea of self defense no longer can be applied, therefore there ceases to be any moral justification for killing. Practical justification is another thing entirely. A soldier by definition has no free will accept as given to his discretion in the articles of war followed by the system for whom he is a soldier. Generally this involves the role of non-combatants and the humane treatment of prisoners, and the soldier is not absolved of committing "war crimes" (seems a bit oxymoronic) by the justification of "following orders". For examples and discussion of this topic see "The Holocaust", and "The Vietnam Conflict".
Just as I had been trained, I didn't think,
I killed him, I didn't even blink,
because my Sergent told me to.
It keeps a soldier from the brink,
this having not to ever think,
what am I fighting for?
Cause that's no way to run a war!
Dale
Just as I had been trained, I didn't think,
I killed him, I didn't even blink,
because my Sergent told me to.
It keeps a soldier from the brink,
this having not to ever think,
what am I fighting for?
Cause that's no way to run a war!
Dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.