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When they decide to join up that was a decision you made that put you one step closer to that situation. Whereas when you are in your home and someone kicks your door in to rob you or whatever you made no decision.
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lol trueish. Although you could maybe say the same thing about people who move into ghettos.
What I might say in response to this is that soldiers have taken up a "responsibility" to defend us, just like police officers; and that is the situation they have placed themselves in.
really, though, some soldiers do join to kill people.
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That is a very idealistic way to look at it but I can see what you mean. Armies are for defensive purposes in a perfect world.
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I think the purpose of this idea is to protect soldiers from the label of "Murderer."
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I believe there are some Hutus in Africa that would disagree with you on this.
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yea there are some people who seemingly go to war just to kill people, and usually those are considered the most abhorrent wars/people.
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If you are a soldier holding a fortified position and a bunch of guy come running at you with automatic weapons what is the best way of stopping them from killing you and/or getting past you to whoever or whatever you are defending?
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Shooting bullets at them.
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Incapacitating an attacker isnt always a viable option. I am in agreement with you that when it is possible it should be done.
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True. Even in these situations, though, its still wrong to have killed those people, its just more wrong to have let them kill you.
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However on the battlefield they are still "around the corner" and lethal force is still the only viable option in many situations.
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Yep, and I also think that war is outside of the scope of normal justice. War is so tragic