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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
I can't speak for everyone but I can tell you I would never under any circumstance shoot an unarmed person nor would I ever rape a woman/child, as a pilot I would never drop a bomb on a school or a hospital for pregnant women either, nor would I fire a missile into a civilian apartment building, my bombs/missiles would miss those marks. I would rather put a bullet in my own head than to live life tortured with those memory's.
Like god, evil is imaginary but there are people that act "inhuman", most of these wired wrong people are in jails around the world, dead or should be dead.
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I question whether this is actually true. I suspect if conscripted most people would find a way to believe the propaganda to justify their actions. You wouldn’t be bombing a hospital you would be bombing what used to be a hospital that is now converted into barracks and weapons storage to disguise the weapons used to threaten your family.
I certainly think better people would avoid the raping and in general torture of people. But I think given the choice between participation and death most would participate.
I’d run first, but if forced to fight or die I’d fight likely regardless of cause. I think most people if put in that position self preservation would kick in.