# Decide the punishment of this war-crime defendant.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decide-the-punishment-of-this-war-crime-defendant/559816>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 7, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decide-the-punishment-of-this-war-crime-defendant/559816 "2010-11-07T20:53:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decide-the-punishment-of-this-war-crime-defendant/559816/21 "2010-11-09T23:26:23Z")

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> [@Grumman](#):
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> Who said anything about a democracy? I’m talking about control of _your own_ actions. Even the most iron-fisted dictator is left impotent if his death squads refuse to enforce his orders.

The Old Sergeant, of course, would probably agree with you, as he calls himself a coward. But I’m still unconvinced that disobeying the order would have done much more than increase the death toll by two.

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