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So a civilian can't kill an armoured vehicle, because if they can kill an armoured vehicle they aren't a civilian?

• tshaddox 6y ago
  That’s not so crazy, is it? “Civilian” is used in the thought experiment to refer to an expected level of training, experience, and equipment. You wouldn’t reasonably expect a “civilian” in this context to have an RPG or an attack aircraft. The clear point of the thought experiment is “would a civilian be able to kill an armored vehicle with the level of training, experience, and equipment that would reasonably be expected of a civilian in this context?”
  • hamilyon2 6y ago
    In some countries, most civilians are former soldiers. Knowing how to destroy an armored vehicle is not a common knowledge around where I live. It is given for granted however that around the world people are creative, can learn new things, and generally could figure out how to make explosives. And I guess they still qualify as civilians.
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