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Originally Posted by aceventura3
The concept of evidence in war is beyond me.
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It's easy to have this attitude as an American. If I didn't have sympathy for people I've never met, I could very well feel this way, too.
When I see images like this one, knowing that these men have never even been tried and convicted, I get this thing called moral outrage. The sense of justice I was partially born with and partially developed because of my environment is triggered by the thought of innocent, usually poor and Arab people being kidnapped, taken to another part of the planet, imprisoned for who knows how long, and are likely abused and even tortured. Even if I did believe we were at war with these people Spoiler:
we're not actually at war with anyone, I'd still find myself horrified at the idea of innocent people being treated this way. I'd imagine a similar feeling of horror is what gave birth to the ethical theories behind our justice system.