This is more than misguided. These are serial killers who are invading, stealing, torturing and raping children, and destroying everything they can. There's nothing better than removing them from the world, and a war to do that is a just war. Fuck russians.

[–] Matombo@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Article 1

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Article 2

Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

Article 3

Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

[...]

Article 10

Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.

Article 11

Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.

[...]

Guess where this is coppied from ...

[–] Hasuris@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Careful. It's these thoughts that lead to worse. They're combatants and as those valid targets that can be killed if necessary.

As soon as you dehumanize someone as like say an Ork, killing them becomes "easy" and may appear as no big deal. As simple as exterminating vermin. (I am using phrases of nazi Germany on purpose here). And just like that you end up being just as bad as them. Yes many of them have done very bad things. That's terrible and they need to be punished. Outside of the battlefield there are courts for this. On the battlefield there are rules of war and if UA wants to join NATO and be a brother among equals with the western civilizations, they need to act and think civilized. I believe many are acting as professional as possible in the circumstances they're in.

Attacking someone for just stating that's terrible a human had to lose his life because of this war is concerning to me. Don't we all want this war to end, Ukraine to be free and whole again? Or are we lusting for as many Russians to be killed as possible? They came to kill as many Ukrainians as possible. Do we want the same for them? How are "we" any better than them if we do?

[–] MorrisonMotel6@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Even the worst human is still a human. You can't blame a person for lamenting the loss of a human life without losing your own humanity, in my opinion. Empathy saves lives.

[–] Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't be so naive. "Empathy saves lives"? You'd say that out loud to one of the innumerable Russian "soldiers" responsible for those vile crimes as they tried to do the same to you? That's what you'd tell your rapist/murderer in that moment of sheer panic and terror? Are you fucking serious?

Oh. No? Hunh. Seems pretty easy to have such a rosy perspective when it's so distant from your own safe little life. Go figure.

[–] MorrisonMotel6@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

My safe life? I'm a war veteran.

[–] mashbooq@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, you can't rape, torture, and murder without losing your own humanity. Humanizing monsters hurts the victims.

[–] Anemia@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They are not monsters though, they are very human. Doing horrible shit is as human as eating or shitting. I think most people here would do the same thing if they were raised in similar conditions. Most people don't even see (much less care enough to do something about) the injustices going on in their own society.

[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most people don’t even see (much less care enough to do something about) the injustices going on in their own society.

For fucks sake, what an incredibly disingenous whataboutism attempt.

Also since you are on about rationalising the actions of Russian soldiers, this is an actual invasion of another country we are talking about. These people are actively participating, whether they wanted to or not. For everyone of them killed chances are innocent civilian Ukrainians will not get murdered by them, have their homes destroyed by them or have loved ones killed or injured by them. You know, the actual innocent victims of this completely unnecessary invasion. Your rationalisation goes both ways.

[–] Anemia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I don't think that Im rationalizing, more like the opposite and saying that most people are similarly irrational, there's no evil-gene that just they have.

That said, if they take up arms and go to kill innocent people then they obvilusly need to be put down. Similarly to how a dog trained by a dog fighter might need to be put down even if it's just a pawn in someone elses twisted game. So yes these russians have to be killed in self defence until they leave.

All I'm saying is that i always find it a bit rich that people act as if they would always do the right thing in similar circumstance.

[–] mashbooq@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago

That's ridiculous; there are millions of people raised in bad conditions who don't do the same. Humans are inherently pro-social; original sin isn't a thing. They are monsters.