re: #539 Obdicut

Nope. His contention is that it is necessary to dehumanize the enemy in order to kill them. Mine is that it is not— that while it may ‘help’, it is not necessary.

Or think of this scenario, which became painfully clear to just about everyone on Sep 11 - a fighter pilot having to shoot down a jet with hundreds of people onboard to prevent it being flown into a building and potentially killing thousands. Does the pilot need to “hate” or “dehumanize” the passengers? No, the pilot just needs to be convinced of a necessary sacrifice for a greater good.