MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.today to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agoWell, I guess that settles itlemmy.todayimagemessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1663arrow-down122
arrow-up1641arrow-down1imageWell, I guess that settles itlemmy.todayMacN'Cheezus@lemmy.today to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square104fedilink
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-24 hours agoWell then define non-combatants. The person he shot was at fault for hundreds if not thousands of deaths. Saying he didn’t personally do them would be like saying a general is not responsible for their troops actions.
minus-squareTheRealKuni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 hours ago Well then define non-combatants. “a person who is not engaged in fighting during a war, especially a civilian, chaplain, or medical practitioner.” Sure he was responsible for deaths due to denying health coverage. But he’s still a civilian.
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·31 minutes agoSo it was a civilian on civilian kill. Not a militant group/gang/mercenary. If the “battle” was pertaining to healthcare denials, he was currently battling and his group took up battle after he was gone.
minus-squarebollybing@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 hours agoSo is the president, who orders drone strikes on civilians.
minus-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·40 minutes agoThe president is not a civilian. They are Commander-in-Chief of the combined armed forces.
Well then define non-combatants. The person he shot was at fault for hundreds if not thousands of deaths. Saying he didn’t personally do them would be like saying a general is not responsible for their troops actions.
“a person who is not engaged in fighting during a war, especially a civilian, chaplain, or medical practitioner.”
Sure he was responsible for deaths due to denying health coverage. But he’s still a civilian.
So it was a civilian on civilian kill. Not a militant group/gang/mercenary.
If the “battle” was pertaining to healthcare denials, he was currently battling and his group took up battle after he was gone.
So is the president, who orders drone strikes on civilians.
The president is not a civilian. They are Commander-in-Chief of the combined armed forces.