Monday, March 26, 2012
Forgiveness
Everyone makes mistakes, therefore people need to be forgiven. If a soldier obeys his ccommander's order to shoot an unarmed mother and child, then he must complete the task. A soldier is supposed to obey the order of his/her commander, no matter what, even if it is something as crucial as taking the lives of others. The leader must have a legitimate reason for demanding his soldiers to do this. Therefore, it would not be the soldier's fault. He/she was just completing the task that his commander had for him so he should be forgiven, even though he killed someone. It was not his fault.
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I liked your point that the commander must have had a reason for wanting this task to be completed. What do you think the reason may have been? Can you think of real life examples of this situation?
ReplyDeleteLet's say that American soldiers were trying to find Osama Bin Laden, and had to search his house. Everyone in that house is obviously associated with him so just for the protection of our own soldiers, shooting them may just be a way of knowing 100% that our soldiers are safe.
ReplyDeleteThe commander may have suspected the mother and child of having a bomb strapped to them, or they may have been trying to distract the soldiers while one of their men snuck up behind them. There are several different reasons why the commander could have suspected them of something especially being in an environment like that and knowing that you are in war.
Agree!
ReplyDeleteI really liked the point where you said his commander probably had a legit reason do something like this. Havent thought of that point.