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Community => Serious Topics => Topic started by: Pugnate on Saturday, October 02, 2010, 01:20:41 AM
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11455858
So it seems they were executing Taliban people.
But these victims were unarmed and had obviously been captured. So, opinions? Don't they deserve a trial?
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It's situations like this that make me think about what distinguishes the "good guys" from the "bag guys." It eventually turns into a huge philosophical discourse.
Assuming the video is real, I believe there should have been a trial. If even one of those men was innocent of the crimes then the executioners are deemed murderers. Isn't the point of having a trial to avoid premature errors like that? It is meant to prove beyond the shadow of a doubt whether the accused is indeed guilty or innocent.
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I am not going to watch that. I assume it's atrocious looking. War is a horrible thing, which takes its grim toll on the innocent. Apparently, it is also a necessary thing every so often. Not everyone can have their way, and when extremism creeps in as a result of a group not getting their way for long enough, someone has to prevail, and someone has to die. I don't know how to answer hard questions like this one. On the one hand, you don't want to kill innocents intentionally. On the other, you can't fight a war with both hands tied behind your back.