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How do you even get around to the "I'm bored, so I'll commit murder" mode of thinking?
Dehumanization so it doesn't feel like murder.
I guess I just can't even comprehend looking at what is undeniably a member of my species that way.
That is because you have a good moral compass.
I'd like to think so, thank you.
I did Nazi that coming
Brainwashing.
The US military does this too then get really upset when the young impressionable minds they’ve ruined do stupid shit.
I read somewhere that the US armed forces started to change they way they trained after they determined that too many soldiers were refusing or hesitating to shoot enemy combatants. The first true test of the new training methods was Vietnam.
I also recall reading that most new soldiers would often intentionally aim over the head of their targets. The thing about war is, though, that eventually the people you come to have strong bonds with are either killed or in danger of being killed. The longer you're in a war, the easier it is to justify your fury.
The movie Fury is basically about this phenomenon. You start in the war perhaps reticent to murder, but if you see enough war, your moral horizon shifts in response to the real (whether justified or not) violence and horror that is inextricable from war itself, regardless of sides or justifications.
Fucking murderers.
I will never stop hating Israel for their crimes against humanity.
Just imagine how any other Israeli official would treat Palestinians in any other kind of encounter during daily life when stakes and potential for scrutiny are lower.
This is why I'll always be for a two state solution, any other option is irreconcilable with the current administration (and let's face it, the general populace) of Israel and there is no way to hold them accountable.
Not to get into the politics of this but simply as a human, to be able to just kill another human because you’re bored. We put people in prison for that. I get that if it’s your life on the line and you need to survive but just out of boredom I don’t get that.
Shooting bullets provided by the US.