Re:Thieves Who Steal Sunken Warships, Right Down to the Bolts
by sandworm101 on Saturday May 06, 2017 @11:30AM
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Note that this is only about warships... not ships generally. Plenty of sailors went down, in war, on non-warships. Those are not afforded the same ethics and were long ago violently cut up for salvage. This boils down to odd laws, specifically that warships remain property of thier governments forever. Non-warships are free for the taking once "abandoned" by owners (oversimplification for space). Dead people are dead people. Why we get upset about the wargrave of someone in uniform, but dont think twice about the wargrave of someone not, eludes me.
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Re:Thieves Who Steal Sunken Warships, Right Down to the Bolts
by ansgri on Sunday May 07, 2017 @07:05AM
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Why we get upset about the wargrave of someone in uniform, but dont think twice about the wargrave of someone not, eludes me.
Because that's what the country is willing to pay you for willing to die for the country, i.e. being a soldier. The military has to uphold a much higher standard for honoring the dead, or it will face problems finding new recruits.