01-27-2012, 07:24 AM
I know fighting against the nazis was a necessity... technically ideologies shouldn't justify wars, but by and large human beings aren't as rational or decent as we'd like to hope and it is reflected in the society we ultimately have. Bad ideas and philosophies spread like cancer, corrupting our actions.
(01-27-2012, 12:24 AM)Erthona Wrote: the soldier is not absolved of committing "war crimes" (seems a bit oxymoronic) by the justification of "following orders".Yeah, the hypocrisy is astounding in a lot of cases. Soldiers are tools of the political mechanism, ordered to abandon their humanity then left to pick up the pieces in the aftermath.
PS. If you can, try your hand at giving some of the others a bit of feedback. If you already have, thanks, can you do some more?