Originally Posted by
charliegolf
Not the actions of someone who carried enemy weapons to leave as 'supporting evidence' then? Neither did he push junior soldiers to kill prisoners and 'blood' them. (And that's a metaphor for locking them in, imo.)
Not really the same.
CG
No, I agree - there are degrees here, as in many others. The Blackman case was a tragedy on just about every level. I can't defend his wrongdoing, but I can sympathise with a sick man, and wonder how the hell it went so wrong. Philip Zimbardo has a few things to say on the subject - traditionally organisations like ours like to take refuge in the 'bad apples' theory, whereas the 'bad barrel' that poisons the apples within is often more likely.