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All’s not fair in war

17 Jan 05:55am

Filed under: Australian Defence Force, Balibo, Defence, Ethics, Military, Sexual Assault, War

In the film Balibo, five journalists paint an Australian flag and the word ‘Australia’ on the wall of their ‘safe’ house. They are then coldly executed by the invading Indonesians.

They believed – naively, in retrospect - that their very Australianness and their civilian status as journalists would save them.

Their brutal slaying outrages us, offends our sense of fairness – and shows that the concept of fairness is an odd sort of idea to have in the midst of carnage.

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L.Mountbatten says:

12:07pm | 18/01/12

“The most pressing problem in my view is not the frequency or number of assualts or instances of harassment, but the determination of the ADF to maintain a position that says that these are acceptable and just part of ADF life. ” Really? who is maintaining this position?? Read more »
Mark says:

08:35am | 18/01/12

We’ve always been taught that a good soldier questions his orders but no one who hasnt been in the service would know what its like. Nice double negative there Tom, Town planning, psychology and business degrees require a combined TER score of about 50. Tell me how that is the… Read more »

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