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[-] yesman@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If these people had been roasted in napalm dropped by an officer going by at 900kmh no American would care or remember.

Codifying war crimes implies that honorable warfare exists.

[-] Spendrill@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

As true as that is, one of the stories of that day is that there was a soldier that day extorting a blowjob from a terrified mother by holding a gun on her baby. The witness then went and got the commanding officer, Lt. Calley who came immediately and scolded the soldier for not following orders, which were to round up all these civilians and take them to a ditch for summary execution.

My source for said story is either Four Hours in My Lai or the American Experience Documentary I can't remember which but they're both worth a watch although obviously there's a duplication of material.

[-] yesman@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

This is my point. You're trying to measure the difference between rape and murder as though it is worse to kill a 300 pound man than two 145 pound men.

Couldn't we say the rapist is more kind than the murderer? All speculation is madness.

[-] MaxVoltage@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Dont let the old timers at r/TheWayWeWere see this

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