I think “human shields” only works if they’re hostages, like holding hostages as a bargaining chip…

morlock-holmes: > argumate: > >> I think “human shields” only works if they’re hostages, like holding hostages as a bargaining chip is obviously a crime, whereas if you want to kill someone and you blow up the building they live in and that kills a dozen other people then that’s on you, like it’s unreasonable to blame someone you want to kill for not relocating to an isolated patch of desert so you can kill them with fewer moral qualms! > > Yes, and also, > > I feel like if the bank robber takes a hostage, and you as a policeman respond by riddling both the hostage and hostage-taker with bullets, it is kind of bullshit to tell the hostage’s wife, “Man, that bank robber sure is a bad person, taking a hostage like that, you should be really angry at him for getting your husband killed.”