[Commenting under "Bodo League Massacre 100,000 to 200,000 Communists removed from South Korea"]

Posted by Metecury

Chances are if the government kills your parents for being communists you are going to become a communist and hate anyone who acted to prevent communism because that killed your parents.

Posted by PM_ME_YOUR_HEELS

So it's Ok to kill children ?

Posted by Metecury

Not from a moral stand point of course, it's not ok but in the context op talked about it was not done for the sake of committing an immoral act, it was done for practical purposes. Does that make it ok? Not really, no.

[Later]

Posted by Metecury

Take ISIS, they are training and indoctrinating children from the age of three/four, they will most likely grow up to be terrorists and kill people, as a matter of fact child soldiers are a thing and they do not have to wait that long because they are used in executions and war actions.

Is it wrong to kill them because of their age? Would it be moral to let them grow up knowing that one day they will kill people? Because that is a given, they are being raised in the ideology by their parents who are fighting the west, they will never be functioning members of society.

Is it their fault or decision? Not really, the poor bastards were born into that nonsense but this does not make them any less dangerous or any less of a problem for us all.

Now on the case at hand, on top of the fear of the children of communists becoming a threat, which makes sense, there is also the intention to cause fear in those who would join the ideology and attempt revolution by making an example of those who did. It was not slaughter for the sake of slaughter.

Is it morally right? Not really but then again politics has little to do with morals and it is not the most righteous side that wins.

To let the children of communists go free and become communists later in life would be irresponsible as not stomping out the revolution would be. Then again, some would argue that there is a chance at reintegration and that an alternative could be possible, which I agree with by the way; however a civil war is a nasty business which often sees atrocities on both sides, I feel that a moral judgement is not exactly possible or advisable.

Posted by 125_

I think I can agree to everything you've said, thanks for replying :)