First of all, you must grab the comic to scroll it down. The action of the father violates the 5th commandment on several levels. First of all, any act of revenge goes against this commandment. The father killing the hobo for kidnapping his son is an act of revenge. One could argue that it was self-defense but the hobo was unarmed and the father was able to find his son unharmed. Thus there was no real threat. Secondly, even though this was not a full-scale war, it goes against the proportionality clause of Just War. Killing the hobo for kidnapping the son is a bit out of proportion, especially considering the son was safe. The father could have simply called the police or let the probably mentally unstable hobo go. Instead he killed him with a grenade of all things, which again is disproportional to the threat. Overall, the entire act was unnecessary and the father is guilty of murder.
First of all, you must grab the comic to scroll it down.
ReplyDeleteThe action of the father violates the 5th commandment on several levels. First of all, any act of revenge goes against this commandment. The father killing the hobo for kidnapping his son is an act of revenge. One could argue that it was self-defense but the hobo was unarmed and the father was able to find his son unharmed. Thus there was no real threat. Secondly, even though this was not a full-scale war, it goes against the proportionality clause of Just War. Killing the hobo for kidnapping the son is a bit out of proportion, especially considering the son was safe. The father could have simply called the police or let the probably mentally unstable hobo go. Instead he killed him with a grenade of all things, which again is disproportional to the threat. Overall, the entire act was unnecessary and the father is guilty of murder.