Rules (like norms) are powerless against those who believe they do not apply to them. We saw this with the previous president's administration, we see it with some of our legislators, we see this with Mr. Putin, we see it everywhere the conscienceless hold power. We (the people) must find ways to elect public servants, not ego-servants, to positions of authority. It would be interesting to create a "check-list" of past behaviors for everyone in, or running for, public office to compare and contrast their history of serving others vs. self-serving.
Rules (like norms) are powerless against those who believe they do not apply to them. We saw this with the previous president's administration, we see it with some of our legislators, we see this with Mr. Putin, we see it everywhere the conscienceless hold power. We (the people) must find ways to elect public servants, not ego-servants, to positions of authority. It would be interesting to create a "check-list" of past behaviors for everyone in, or running for, public office to compare and contrast their history of serving others vs. self-serving.
If we aren't enforcing the rules, the rules are meaningless because, as you said, conscienceless people just don't care.
Exactly.
Unfortunately, the only way to enforce the rules is to go to war against the offending country.
What happened today - the bombing of a maternity and newborn hospital - was again beyond horrific.
Is it not ironic we request civilized nations to conduct civilized wars?
The rules are pretty specific, and pretty much ignored in every war. There's no such thing as a polite war.
Evil, evil, evil.
We don't use that word enough, I think.
Thanks for laying out the rules here for us. That photo you included shows the blatant nightmare.
The Russian forces have been pretty egregious.