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Re:Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years by jlgreco on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @01:01PM (#6251709)
So basically, not only is this true: "Fuck you. It doesn't take a military mind to understand the difference between right and wrong and how little either has to do with institutional rules."

..but the more extreme "It TAKES a civilian mind to understand the difference between right and wrong" is also true? If the military is unable to consider morality itself, then we must rely on civilians to call them out. Accusing civilians of being incapable of doing that then puts the military above any sense of morality. Disturbing, to say the least.

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Re:Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years by fusiongyro on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @01:20PM (#6251849)
Anybody can point to this outcome and say, "this is unjust/immoral," military or not. In order to say "this outcome is illegal/improper procedure" you have to have some domain knowledge.
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Re:Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years by jlgreco on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @01:50PM (#6252099)
> "Anybody can point to this outcome and say, "this is unjust/immoral,""

That is what he was doing (see for clarification: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6251625(, and that is why a reply of "civilians may not understand" got a strongly negative response.

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