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In reply to the discussion: You Can't Get Conservative White Women To Change Their Minds [View all]TwistOneUp
(1,020 posts)Neither I nor anyone else is "infantilizing" him. Reading your statement, it sounds to me like you are trying to defend the cowardly actions of others.
Allowing someone that represents your organization to get themselves killed when you know there is a significant probability of the person being killed is, at the absolute least, a *huge* liability, as well as non-trivially immoral / amoral. Certainly, in some legal systems, it could be considered manslaughter. As a beneficiary of the good that will accrue if he had been successful, you also have to share in the downside if he is unsuccessful. And that's just the material relationship. I'm not going to even attempt to address the human loss implications / culpability issue(s). It's the ultimate downside if he fails, which is what happened.
I actually feel sorry for those that made the horrendous non-decision, by idly standing by, while this Young Man left on his fatal voyage. They have to live with that for the rest of their lives. Lotta PTSD will occur from this sad tragedy.