Keep in mind though that there have been incidents through out the history of armed conflict where these "rules" have been ignored.? For example, in World War II, during the air campaign over Europe, there were dozens of recorded incidents where Allied and German fighters shot up downed airmen dangling in their parachutes.?? I also know of at least one case in the Pacific where survivors floating in the water after their ship was sunk were machine gunned.
Keep in mind that things like the Geneva and Hague Conventions are not universally accepted, and that not all nations are signatories of them.? The United States, for example, is not a signatory of the Hague Convention, it just chooses to follow most of the guidelines laid out, like only using the issued FMJ ammunition instead of hollowpoint rounds in small arms.? Other aspects of the treaty, like the banning of White Phosporous weaponry, is ignored by the US military. -----Original Message----- From: A Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Far, Far Away... <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:06 am Subject: Re: Yzak and Shuttles was Re: [gundam] Gundam 00 Episode 18 *spoilers* On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:59:21 -0500 (EST) "Joseph Riggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > My vague recollection of Yzak's first meeting with Asuran in Destiny > includes Yzak mentioning something along those lines to Asuran. > > iirc, the manga (which doesn't entirely match up with the animation; > for instance, Artemis is completely skipped) does the incident in a > fashion that makes Yzak look worse than the animation does, but I > don't remember exactly how it plays out and what the differences > are. How could it be worse? Did Yzak go over and take a wizz on their burning embers or something? > In the animation, though, it's pretty clear that he doesn't know > that civilians are onboard the shuttle when he blows it up. In the end, though, it doesn't matter if it was civilians or military personnel onboard. Shooting retreating personnel like that is strictly forbidden. Those folks in the shuttle would fall under the same treatment as ejected pilots and people in lifeboats. And the thing is, Yzak can't even deny that he didn't know since his flight recorder would have recorded his spew about "Soldiers shouldn't run away from a battle", or whatever, as he shot them down. -- Linwood Foster, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Moderator 3 of 6, Rec.Games.Mecha Moderation Team 10th Lyran Guards, The Revenants. http://www.geocities.com/the_devillin -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com
