Re: Firefighters did the Christian thing in letting house burn to the ground

"Peter T. Chattaway" <petert-LOVM4QxV+tDq6eQxt3vRmLDks+cytr/[email protected]>
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On Fri, 8 Oct 2010, pcg wrote:

> > > Civil society has well established and agreed upon the fact that 
> > > "just following orders" is not a defense.
> >
> > True.  But unless you're going to compare loss of property to an act 
> > of genocide, what's your point?
>
> I'm picking nits, cuz I assume you're kidding (as I am, halfway), but my 
> understanding of the Nuremberg (burg?) defense is that it applies to any 
> unlawful act that constitutes a war crime, no?

Ah, well, then we're back to the point I made earlier, which is that fire 
fighting isn't like crime fighting.  Firemen aren't policemen.

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