Philosophy 2080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Geneva Conventions, 6 Years, Standard Operating Procedure
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Not told anything about geneva convention other than given training on how to treat prisoners, but given training about what to do if captured. All vietnamese were gooks and it was ok they were inferior to us we"re americans, we are the civilized people, we don"t give a shit about those people . America"s always right, we"re always right you never question them . I really believed it was right i was brainwashed i thought it was in the best interest of the country . One soldier had 7 accounts of assault and battery, three year sentence for rape (they let him join the army and interact with vietnamese!?) Killed in order to not get killed. Don"t get caught - could use any means possible to get information. Don"t beat them in the presence of a non-member (ex. At one time we thought [torturing] was brave, showed courage .