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10. What decency they bring with them is what they'll get out of it. Duty is what caused the Germans

Wed Dec 30, 2015, 01:49 PM

Dec 2015

to carry out orders. There is a tension between the two. It isn't clear which will prevail or what the lesson really is here.

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I see this as the absolute opposite of Orwellian. LanternWaste Dec 2015 #1

Like I said chalmers Dec 2015 #2

They are recruits. Do you want better cops or no cops? Rose Siding Dec 2015 #4

How is this not a good idea? Rose Siding Dec 2015 #3

Do you live in Norfolk? Blue_Tires Dec 2015 #5

Seems like a good idea to me. Not Orwellian at all. Throd Dec 2015 #6

I don't think you know what Orwellian means. nt justiceischeap Dec 2015 #7

Oh for fucks face nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #8

I don't think the article means what you think it means. Glassunion Dec 2015 #9