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Serious question: is there a definition of the difference between execution and combat?

• babuskov 10y ago
  Sure. Execution is where the victim is captured, disarmed and has no means of retaliating.
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  • coldtea 10y ago
    Godwin's law or not, it's very tempting to see analogies with the Nazi Germany in an era where we are seriously and casually asking questions such as for the difference between "execution" and "combat" -- or re-legitimize torture...
  • awesomerobot 10y ago
    So would like... the UN consider a drone strike an execution rather than combat?