Re:Tear Gas – Illegal in War but OK for Riot Control
by peterwwillis on Monday October 20, 2014 @04:04PM
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It seems to me there's much less to risk in terms of mistreating your own populace than a foreign one.
For one, outside countries don't get in the middle of internal/civil disputes. Only in extreme cases does an outside country intervene on behalf of people that aren't its citizens, when most/all the civilians are in favor of intervention, and only when the outside country will gain more than it could lose.
Two, mistreating enemy combatants will not only escalate the conflict, it will reduce the support of your allies. Mistreating your own people goes back to point one, so most people just don't get involved, and the citizens have no recourse.
Three, citizens have to obey the laws set down by their government. Trying to fight your government's abuses of its people is essentially going against your government, which will just get you punished.
For one, outside countries don't get in the middle of internal/civil disputes. Only in extreme cases does an outside country intervene on behalf of people that aren't its citizens, when most/all the civilians are in favor of intervention, and only when the outside country will gain more than it could lose.
Two, mistreating enemy combatants will not only escalate the conflict, it will reduce the support of your allies. Mistreating your own people goes back to point one, so most people just don't get involved, and the citizens have no recourse.
Three, citizens have to obey the laws set down by their government. Trying to fight your government's abuses of its people is essentially going against your government, which will just get you punished.