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> Pretending to surrender, then not surrendering very much is a war crime. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_(military)#False_surrender https://en.wikipe
by denton-scratch 3y ago
> Pretending to surrender, then not surrendering very much is a war crime.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_(military)#False_surrender https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_(military)#False_sur...
The very notion of a "war crime" only arrived in the 20thC. More generally (as Wikipedia notes) the act amounts to perfidy, which isn't a crime anywhere I know about.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 3y agoI don't know the etymology of the term, but claiming that the idea itself didn't exist until the 20th is absurd. I see no point in arguing with you anymore. So that you can feel better, you're 100% absolutely right, and you won this argument with me and all future arguments because of your plainly superior intellect and bright, friendly personality. Game over. Goodbye.