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[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Ah, the Nuremberg defense. 😢

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

No that would be saying they didn't do anything bad because doing what is asked of you is always good.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_orders

Superior orders, also known as just following orders or the Nuremberg defense, is a plea in a court of law that a person, whether civilian, military or police, should not be considered guilty of committing crimes ordered by a superior officer or official.[1][2] It is regarded as a complement to command responsibility.[3]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

I'm saying we shouldn't blame the soldiers on the choices of their leaders, I'm not saying we shouldn't blame the soldiers for their own choice. I totally agree they could've chosen to not to follow orders. I'm not saying they are innocent. But their role is not comparable to the role of the people giving orders.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Nuance matters. You think a 18 year old boy that was brainwashed into nationalisl his entire life should be executed for being forced to serve as a cook in the military? The Nazis used conscription while the US uses economic coercion (gate keeping jobs, healthcare, and college for vets)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

should be executed for being forced to serve as a cook in the military?

Sorry, which user was it exactly who said, "Kill every troop?"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

I didn't get the feeling this is what the meme is about, maybe it is. I think your discomfort is good, in that it has you questioning what you may have not questioned, before. On one level, we can't decide what's okay for you, internally. The bigger question is, if external forces would compel suffering and death for your beliefs and convictions, are you prepared to accept that? Many of us who think we are may not be, when put into that position, just as many of us who think we aren't may end up being more certain than we knew. And at that end neither really matters, at all. I think deep introspection will have to be both journey and destination, multiple times in our lifetimes. The questioning is the reward.