Not morally equal at all. One group (B) tries & intends to strike only or mainly military sites. It minimizes civilian deaths & injuries, as best it can.
The other group of thugs murders & slaughters civilians with abandon. — Nicholas
Is the pilot and the group of armed men morally equivalent? — BitconnectCarlos
Is the pilot and the group of armed men morally equivalent? — BitconnectCarlos
Group B's [...] actions smash children against walls too. — mcdoodle
Of course not. The oppressor (group B) is more morally reprehensible than the oppressed (group A).Is the pilot and the group of armed men morally equivalent? — BitconnectCarlos
There's indeed no moral equivalency. Hamas' violence is a drop in the ocean of Israeli aggression. — Benkei
Hey which is worse?
A group of armed Jews in 1944/45 who go from house to house murdering German civilians with guns and blunt weapons.
A German pilot in WWII who bombs an English armaments factory but intends to destroy only military targets.
I would tentatively say that the Jews are worse, on a personal level taking the incident isolated. — BitconnectCarlos
So... not a fan of the Irgun?On an individual level I think higher of a theoretical "humane" Nazi bomber who strives to play by the rules than the murderous Jew. — BitconnectCarlos
Would you rather have your baby shot to death or blown into little pieces by a bomb? Looking at it from the perspective that matters, it doesn't matter much. — Baden
Tell me TPF, is there an equivalence here? In this scenario A and B are at war.
Scenario 1: Armed men of group A come into a residential neighborhood of group B and go from house to house shooting and using blunt force weapons such as axes against civilians. They go from house to house and butcher 100 civilians before leaving. Babies are killed in their cribs and children are smashed against walls.
Scenario 2: A pilot of group B is conducting a strike on armaments factories of group A. The flight is done at night to minimize civilian casualties. Fliers are also dropped to minimize casualties. The bombs are dropped using a precision missile yet debris from the explosion kills 100 civilians.
Is the pilot and the group of armed men morally equivalent? — BitconnectCarlos
For the thought experiment, it's not necessary to consider what they're fighting for because that's not the focus. Let's just imagine they are both fighting for their own interests without bringing the Nazi trope into it, which just makes the whole exercise pointless. — Baden
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