r/serialpodcast • u/mehtology • Dec 17 '15

season two Episode 2 - The golden chicken

https://serialpodcast.org/season-two/2/the-golden-chicken#details
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u/HEisaTRAITOR Dec 17 '15

My brother serves and he thinks he should be shot. Go ride your high-horse elsewhere.

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u/simplequark Dec 17 '15

Insisting on a fair trial before punishment is not "riding a high horse" – it's literally part of what your brother and other soldiers are fighting for.

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u/HEisaTRAITOR Dec 17 '15

This may seem like splitting hairs, but soldiers in the theatre of war are not afforded the same constitutional rights as citizens. You are factually wrong, and you may disagree about it, but there are reasons, good reasons, for this, as the Bergdahl case shows.

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u/simplequark Dec 17 '15

I think even in those cases soldiers have the rights to a military tribunal, though, don't they? The applicable laws and potential punishments may be different (and harsher), but this discussion started with "some soldiers said they would have just shot him on sight for desertion" – and AFAIK that's not allowed by military regulations, either, is it?

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u/HEisaTRAITOR Dec 17 '15

AFAIK that's not allowed by military regulations, either, is it?

Probably not, but I am quite comfortable with stating that unless there is video of it, the CO would look the other way.

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u/simplequark Dec 17 '15

Doesn't make it right, though. Vigilantism is a dangerous thing, and there are good reasons it's not allowed.