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Moral justification for the execution of criminals of war?
RE: Moral justification for the execution of criminals of war?
(August 18, 2022 at 6:44 pm)bennyboy Wrote: But like I said before, mistakes happen all the time that cause people their lives-- medical, financial, etc.  We'll bomb a wedding of brown people on a whim, just because somebody knew somebody who heard that Bad Guy 237 was likely to attend.  "Ooops, didn't mean to blow up all those women and children" is good enough for us, apparently, because I don't see outraged protests every time it happens.  And yet some guy spends years of his life making schoolgirl tartar, and suddenly we're super-concerned that we get this one right.

Once again, this false equivocation.

Before you reply to this post, please answer my points above. Stop taking the easy out on this discussion, you only look shallow doing so.

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RE: Moral justification for the execution of criminals of war? - by Thumpalumpacus - August 18, 2022 at 7:11 pm

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