Yea if you take a step back and strip it of the military context it's absolutely horrific that someone died in front of thousands of people and they still went forward with the game. So little value put on human life even in the face of such a public death.

But he was a troop and it was a troop football game so shrug-outta-hecks

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 63 points 5 days ago (2 children)

They earnestly wanted to livestream shooting a defenseless man in a wheelchair for entertainment. They still want to shoot him btw, just without a camera rolling.

This shit's nothing in comparison.

[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 28 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's what I mean, if this was a case of Joe Shmo Civilian dying during the opening ceremonies of a random football game (even though the average football game is already a militarized propaganda event but ignore that for now) it would be horrifying to hear the game went ahead with barely a delay, but it was a member of the military eating shit and dying before the Most Military Football Game they hold so it just ends up being yet another perfect encapsulation of america

[–] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 4 days ago

Cost benefit analysis said the game going forward was more important than a human life.

I can't think of a more honestly USian decision.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

hey he (supposedly) didn't know the guy was in a wheelchair and only stopped with the livestream because it would ruin the spectacle. i don't see a firing squad as any worse than other methods of execution (and it's preferable to some for the recipient) the problem is that it's the united states doing it.

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

An established state does not have any valid reasons to execute defenseless people anyways.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 5 points 4 days ago

i'm cool with the CEOs of companies who poison baby formula getting killed by the state. Hell, if the US decided to execute the Sackler family i wouldn't get out of bed over it.

[–] Posadas@hexbear.net 50 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This says a lot about our society (legitimately).

[–] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 69 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's not fully American until his widow gets denied death benefits.

[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 63 points 5 days ago (1 children)

"Your husband's death was not service related"

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 13 points 4 days ago

hope she sues and some football coach has to sit in front of a judge and claim that football games are war