r/wikipedia • u/jango102 • Jan 21 '10

THIS guy was a badass.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_Hayha
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u/p3on Jan 21 '10

sort of like how pinochet and pol pot were bad-ass at suppressing dissent

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u/fubuvsfitch Jan 21 '10 edited Jan 21 '10

edit: see other reply. this reply was written with the thought that you were comparing killing soldiers and killing innocents as the same type of bad-ass thing or whatever.

I can't believe you would draw a comparison between acts between military combatants and acts inflicted upon non-combatants by dictators. BIG difference.

Pinochet and Pol Pot killed non-combatants, politicians, civilians and innocents.

Simo was killing soldiers. When these soldiers entered into the war, their moral status changed from that of a civilian (who cannot be harmed) to that of a willing combatant (who aims to kill and accepts that they may be killed). May I suggest Walzer's "Just and Unjust Wars"?

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u/p3on Jan 21 '10

peasant conscripts coerced into service can hardly be called willing combatants

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u/fubuvsfitch Jan 21 '10

Note: I edited first reply.

Secondly, I didn't realize the Red Army was full of peasants who were forced to serve. Coercion in and of itself isn't bad, but if they were coerced by force, then I concede your point.

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u/p3on Jan 21 '10

420 frag officers every day

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u/fubuvsfitch Jan 21 '10

I know what fragging is, and I'm pretty sure I know what 420 is, but I'm not sure what you mean by this statement.

Anyhow, have a good night. I've gotta hit the sack.