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[–] 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?