(11-26-2015, 11:04 AM)Sylentmana Wrote: Say you're right and they do recognize them as human beings with thoughts, feelings, hopes, families and friends who love them. Doesn't that make it all the more terrible? To recognize someone as human and to kill them anyway for your own benefit is practically the definition of a monster.
There are a lot of monsters in this world. To pretend that suddenly wars would cease and utopia would dawn if we just "recognized the humanity in each other" is a pipe dream. That's all I'm saying.
As far as the people who shot the plane down in Turkey, I very much doubt they did what they did for "personal benefit," and rather, I suspect that they believed they were protecting their country and their people.
Quote:I can tell you from personal experience as a soldier, if at any point it stops bothering you, then you know that you have a serious problem.
You know, you're talking to a former soldier there, right? US Army, iirc. Which branch did you serve in?
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