Damn. I really want to see a continuation of this piece.
Would you: A.Bring her to trial? B.Nothing. C.Take revenge (I'm assuming the person was hunting her down).
By the commentary, A is the actual answer.
Damn, this image puts me in a moral dilemma. I always think about the hunting of war criminals a mix of real justice and propaganda, even more when they're about commanders or military personnel: I believe a lot of them just follows orders and must obey, or they are going to face either prison or death.
My option would be investigate her more. Know about her post-war live, her living style and her teacher records. But what I would know about war criminals.
Damn, this image puts me in a moral dilemma. I always think about the hunting of war criminals a mix of real justice and propaganda, even more when they're about commanders or military personnel: I believe a lot of them just follows orders and must obey, or they are going to face either prison or death.
My option would be investigate her more. Know about her post-war live, her living style and her teacher records. But what I would know about war criminals.
Please, think of the children!
...And how delicious it would be to cuff her and take her away to a firing squad! Better yet, just do it right in front of them!
Did she really reformed and/or is atoning for her past (thus why she is looking after those children)? Or is she still the monster she was during the war and just thought she could pull of a Karma Houdini by pretending to be a good citizen and hiding as a kindergarten teacher, using those children as a shield?
For me that is the difference between letting her go and doing nothing or dragging her to a trail/execution.
That little girl hugging her from behind seems to love her so much though...
Damn, this image puts me in a moral dilemma. I always think about the hunting of war criminals a mix of real justice and propaganda, even more when they're about commanders or military personnel: I believe a lot of them just follows orders and must obey, or they are going to face either prison or death.
My option would be investigate her more. Know about her post-war live, her living style and her teacher records. But what I would know about war criminals.
And remember that evil in reality is just ordinary people with monstrous ideas. Virtually anyone can hug children while also mercilessly torture prisoners of war or participate in ethnic cleansing. And especially for commanders they always have more power to defy or at least defect in the face of such orders. Being right isn't always easy, but consider Hugh Thompson Jr's story who helped stopping My Lai Massacre.
I think this might be Romanian, and knowing what happened to Communists after the fall of the Romanian communist party, I think I can guess what's going to happen next.
There’s nothing wrong with executing enemies of the state...
If the state won the war
Yes, in the end there is no "good" or "evil", and even what is "right" or "wrong" is decided by those with power. War Criminal and War Heroes tend to have done the same things, the difference is what side they were on when it's all over...
consider Hugh Thompson Jr's story who helped stopping My Lai Massacre.
Consider him indeed.
Thompson was a warrant officer, a pilot and had the support of 2 hueys. While he was entirely in the right not everyone afterwards saw it that way and ensured that he suffered for it. Compare that to C company who actually committed the massacre. Aside from 1 lieutenant, they all got off with little more than a slap on the wrist (although those few officers that held some of the most direct responsibility were KIA before the investigation).
Better yet, Cpt Ernest Medina who PLANNED, ORDERED, AND SUPERVISED the whole operation in Mai Lai was aqcuitted. Just. Like. That.
BETTER YET STILL. Despite that, the notion of command responsibility is named after him. It's one of the world's most broken aesops, and one of it's sickest jokes.
So yeah, makes you think doesn't it? Soldiering's a deeply cynical business. As a grunt, following orders definitely seems to be the safer option, not in the least because not doing so is liable to get you fragged then and there. As a civ, it's safer to assume that because of this, the guy in the uniform is never your friend no matter what they say or do.
Congratulations, now you have a group of kids who will do the same to you when they get older.~
This makes me sad honestly. Yes I understand that the person holding the picture does have a strong resentment towards that woman due to her heinous past actions, but someone has to break that cycle of violence or history will just end up repeating itself.
This makes me sad honestly. Yes I understand that the person holding the picture does have a strong resentment towards that woman due to her heinous past actions, but someone has to break that cycle of violence or history will just end up repeating itself.
How do we know that the person who found her is looking for revenge? Surely arresting someone to bring them before a court isn't furthering the "cycle of violence"?
How do we know that the person who found her is looking for revenge? Surely arresting someone to bring them before a court isn't furthering the "cycle of violence"?
The commentary of the one who found her sounds less than peaceful
Damn. I really want to see a continuation of this piece.
Would you: A.Bring her to trial? B.Nothing. C.Take revenge (I'm assuming the person was hunting her down).
To be honest, she may be already served her sentence. Most war criminals got put in prison for about 10 years, many of them served much less than that.