No, I would not be shooting anyone. And you cannot not speak for me and how I would behave.
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:329113 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
