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I'm not convinced I see a crime committed. From what I saw and heard, I don't believe three crew members woke up that morning and decided "let's kill some civil
by nsxwolf 13y ago
I'm not convinced I see a crime committed. From what I saw and heard, I don't believe three crew members woke up that morning and decided "let's kill some civilians today".
Remember "mens rea"? We HNers all seem to think that's an important concept, except apparently when it's people we don't like (US military).
- monsterix 13y agoI do understand what you mean. Being an HNer may sound like becoming one of the echo-chamber but you might want to look at these statistics [1] and then decide for yourself: [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualties_in_the_War_in_Afghanistan_%282001%E2%80%93present%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualties_in_the_War_... Hundreds and thousands of civilian deaths for what cost? Who paid the price of waging such a war (crime according to some), the taxpayers? As to measure the 'crime' in the video called collateral damage ... follow the transcript here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6251512 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6251512
- nsxwolf 13y agoI understand what you're saying too, but it's a different point - a judgement of the war overall vs. a specific event.