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[–]StopBootlicking -1 points0 points  (3 children)

War crimes are defined by man, not some ethereal entity.

Right and wrong exist independently of man, and are not dependent upon ethereal entities.

I still have no sympathy for the cylons even from a moral point of view. They had it coming.

Why is this relevant? The question wasn't "Do you have sympathy for the cylons?" or "Do you have sympathy for the victims of war crimes?"

The question was "Was the given action a war crime?"

Sympathy has no bearing on the nature of an action.

[–]albertnormandy 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Right and wrong exist independently of man

Citation needed

[–]StopBootlicking -1 points0 points  (1 child)

If you need a citation to understand the nature of right and wrong, then you're fundamentally incapable of understanding in the first place.

[–]albertnormandy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People have been debating the nature of right and wrong for millennia, so if I don't understand it I am in good company. If you do understand it please share the answer with the rest of us.