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Well if we go to war with another country, there are a lot of people working for that government who did not commit the atrocities. I'm sure the accountant or j

Well if we go to war with another country, there are a lot of people working for that government who did not commit the atrocities. I'm sure the accountant or janitor didn't necessarily know or approve of the war crimes, they just needed a job and didn't hurt anyone. That doesn't mean we shouldn't fight the war, you just recognize that sometimes innocent people are impacted. The blame lies with the leaders who did the bad thing. If they hadn't done the bad thing, their lower ranking innocent workers wouldn't have been impacted. Every business decision comes with a cost/benefit analysis. Hurting your employees goes into the "cost" side, and if you do the bad thing anyway, obviously the "benefits" outweighed the "cost" of potentially hurting your employees.

fmueller 10y ago
That's different. Sometimes you have to defend yourself and then it's justified to go to war. Going to war without being threatened is a crime (like it was done numerous times by the US governement and is done now in Syria. Only because there is no judge makes it no less a crime.). But you don't have to defend yourself from this company. You aren't in danger. As a result punishing the workers would be nothing but a crime.