Not all armies have rules built in to allow them to disobey orders if they are illegal orders. I am sure most people would not choose to die. It may not excuse it, but it does explain it. It's easy for you to say that you would choose death over committing an atrocity a you are not in that situation. I would be willing to bet that if this was the 1930's and 40's and you were in the German army and you were given an order to shoot a line of Jews or you would be shot, that you would be shooting those Jews regardless of how wrong the act was. Self-preservation tends to win out in those situations, as history tells us. Very few had the courage to stand up and say no.
-----Original Message----- From: Maureen [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 6:02 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Candidate responds to charge he dressed as Nazi - CNN Political Ticker - CNN.c Soldiers always have a choice. The choice might be between doing what they know is wrong and dying. But is is still a choice. Perhaps not a pleasant one, but a choice nonetheless. I was just following orders does not excuse atrocities. On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > How many of those soldiers didn't have a choice? It wasn't exactly a > volunteer army and some of that may have been well do this or you die. I am > sure there were some die hard Nazi's in the unit as well, but I doubt all > wer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:329103 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
