Quote Originally Posted by Crocodile
Quote Originally Posted by Ramil
So you find executing of old men, pregnant women and children acceptable at war? Even if they are hiding the partisans? Even if these mysterious partisans had tortured to death all poor sergeant's family this still wouldn't justify his actions here. Or do you think otherwise?
Ah, nice try. What you had just mentioned is considered to be a war crime, so the answer is no. And if you've ever been with a group that goes into the enemy territory for long time and you were able to avoid those things, my hat sincerely goes off to you.
Luckily I don't have such experience, but still I don't think that even a seasoned soldier would act like this. Senses go numb, of course, but I doubt that all military men are blood-thirsty maniacs. Besides, we are speaking of peace time here, at war different rules apply but even then some principles should be respected.

But my point actually was that the story is no good at justifying your point. That's all.
Maybe it was only I who understood this story this way. But in my opinion the sergeant failed to satifsy the criteria of being human in robot's mind.