Re:Robot tanks: On patrol but not allowed to shoot
by krageon on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @09:47AM
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I'm not sure what to tell you, except to try to emphasise to you that understanding what other people think (or arguing for the things they might think as a rhetorical device) doesn't "imply" that that is what is right. I don't presume to tell other people that they are flat wrong and they need to think something else and I would appreciate it if you could extend me the same courtesy.
Please don't try to sneak in a justification for genocide and paint it as a necessary evil.
> I was offering a different view
Your "different view" came with the unwritten implication that the actions of a terrible government justify genocide:
>>> Japan was an extremely bad actor. They had death camps just like the Germans did at that time. One can imagine that the German victims wished someone dropped a few nukes so Germany would back off a bit quicker.
This sentence does not mention a specific military strategy.
You are clearly implying that a being an "extremely bad actor" is enough to justify retaliation against unarmed civilians.
> we owe it to every victim ... to understand the situation properly
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