3 most cowardly acts in human history?

I\'m pretty sure you can be a pedophile without actually acting on it (and thus, commit a cowardly and vial act)... or are you guys saying even the very deviancy itself is cowardly?

I\'ll say (in no order):

- Any world leader that commands troops to enforce personal agendas (includes Bush Jr, Clinton, Bush Sr., actually, most presidents in my lifetime, Hitler, etc) that can result in any death whatsoever.

- Anyone who eats meat, but wouldn\'t hunt and clean a carcass.... with only a knife, bow and arrow or their bare hands.

- Sexual predators. Men women or children, it doesn\'t matter who the victim is, sexual assaults are cowardly.

[GmanJoe]

Originally posted by luckee


I knew it wouldnt be long b4 someone came in here fukkin around, I just didnt think it would be you.

Well...sorry. Just about everything people have said are all true.

I\'m a History buff....and three just aren\'t enough. There are tens of bad things I can think of. Actually, a combination of 10 things I could think of. The most that stand out would be  as far back as Kublai Kahn.

Kublai Kahn : probably the first Warrior Emperor to use psychological warfare against his foes. His armies not only defeated his enemies, but also slaughter millions of people who weren\'t even warriors. This act of violence spread faster than the news of defeated armies.

Pol Pot/Stalin/Hitler : that\'s three right there.

Vlad IV, prince of Walachia (aka Count Dracula) : to the Romanians, he was the George Washington/Stalin of his time. He kept the advancing Turks from invading Europe but at the same time, impaled his enemies and his own people just for his amusement. Some say that impaling his enemies and posting them at strategic locations was also a form of psychological warfare : demoralizing advancing enemy troops. Similar to Kublai Khan but at a smaller scale.

or

The purging of North American Natives by European Settlers.

Rowandan civil war

Cambodian Killing Fields

Hmm it seems earlier in this thread, people really had a narrow view of history.  If losing our freedom for security is ranked #1 that shows a lot of ignorance regarding events that have happened throughout the history of mankind.  I am not trying to slight you Luckee, that one just sticks out in my mind the most.

Anyway, my top 3 -

The Holocaust

Stalins purges

Pol Pot and the Cambodian Civil War.

All of the above were done out of pure evil and were all the cause of a dictators paranoia.  Some of the things people have listed really disappoint me.

[GmanJoe]

What about mine? Huh? Eh? Wot?

No I respect yours Gman - though I was debating going back further in history myself, its kind of hard to relate to things that are dated that far back.

[GmanJoe]

Unfortunately, psychological warfare is still used today.

Is this the most cowardly acts or the most terrible things people did in human history?

Originally posted by Viper_Fujax


Whoever trains them to do what they do. From when they were kids they were probably taught that killing themselves for their beliefs will get them into heaven, er whatever they believe.

There are plenty of terrorists not trained by a particular organization, and that are also not religious.

Originally posted by luckee
Nichols isnt ringing a bell right now,  

He\'s the guy who help McVeigh build the bomb

He wasn\'t given the death penalty, but life in prison w/o parole.

Why is psychological warfare such a bad thing? It\'s a strategy just like dropping bombs or surrounding the enemy..etc..etc.

We can go far back, but certain things really annoy certain people. Usually it\'s only what ppl remember recently.

If losing our freedom for security is ranked #1 that shows a lot of ignorance regarding events that have happened throughout the history of mankind.-giga

Not really b/c that is VERY cowardly in my book. Thats essentially the same as having matresses against you windows and being holed up in your bedroom with weapons never leaving for fear of dying or what ever. Once we give up freedom for anything, its a cowardice move. Not at all does it show ignorance. You can say you arent trying to slight me,( I know better) so I will just give you the benefit of the doubt untill you start insulting others or myself as you usually do.

Hitler - His reign of terror...

Hiroshima and Nagasaki  (Nobody ever got brought up on crimes against humanity for that one... Interesting, where is the UN on this one?)

Stalin - One sick sob.

[GmanJoe]

Originally posted by luckee
Why is psychological warfare such a bad thing? It\'s a strategy just like dropping bombs or surrounding the enemy..etc..etc.

 

The method used in psychological warfare. Slaughtering millions of unarmed civilians as well as women and children is quite cowardly in my book.

Its just the way I understood how you posted.  I dont agree with slaughtering innocents but see nothing wrong with leaving the bodies impaled on sticks. Hell, death is death. Lucky there is a body to be identified

Originally posted by luckee
Why is psychological warfare such a bad thing? It\'s a strategy just like dropping bombs or surrounding the enemy..etc..etc.

We can go far back, but certain things really annoy certain people. Usually it\'s only what ppl remember recently.



Not really b/c that is VERY cowardly in my book. Thats essentially the same as having matresses against you windows and being holed up in your bedroom with weapons never leaving for fear of dying or what ever. Once we give up freedom for anything, its a cowardice move. Not at all does it show ignorance. You can say you arent trying to slight me,( I know better) so I will just give you the benefit of the doubt untill you start insulting others or myself as you usually do.

What you call an insult, others call an observation.  Regarding this topic, as I stated, if giving up some freedoms (which I have yet to see identified or how they have impacted anyone) is #1 on your list, it says a lot about you.  The title of this thread is misleading as well.  It really should be the 3 biggest crimes against humanity since most people are posting those types of things.  Vietnam was not cowardly, it was wrong, but not cowardly.  The attack on Pearl Harbor was cowardly.  There is a fine line between horrible acts and cowardly ones.  Not backing up the Cubans rebels during the Bay of Pigs after we promised them support was cowardly as well.  Anyway, I don\'t think the title of this thread is really accurate regarding the posts people have made.

Originally posted by GigaShadow


What you call an insult, others call an observation.  Regarding this topic, as I stated, if giving up some freedoms (which I have yet to see identified or how they have impacted anyone) is #1 on your list, it says a lot about you.  The title of this thread is misleading as well.  It really should be the 3 biggest crimes against humanity since most people are posting those types of things.  Vietnam was not cowardly, it was wrong, but not cowardly.  The attack on Pearl Harbor was cowardly.  There is a fine line between horrible acts and cowardly ones.  Not backing up the Cubans rebels during the Bay of Pigs after we promised them support was cowardly as well.  Anyway, I don\'t think the title of this thread is really accurate regarding the posts people
have made.

Ask pretty much anyone in here about your comments and Im sure you will be told them same. That they are insults and not just mearly an observation as you would like. Forget the fact that you probably dont know any of the ppl you are "observing".

Who said my freedom comment has affected anyone yet. It just as well may or may not. It certainly isnt on the right track though. Besides, I was speaking generally about freedom vs. security and not the recent events at hand.

I feel nam\' was wrong for many reasons. Look at all of the ppl that dodge that war and moved out of the country our of fear(cowards) only to call our brave men killers. Im also not all that fond of the reasons we even went over there. That was not our war to fight. I believe there to be underlying motives in it all.

Pearl Harbor was a brilliant military move and hardly cowardly. Countries dont exactly announce when they are going to attack someone they are going to war with. All sides knew it was inevitable. As I stated before, I think anything in war(and love for that matter) is fair. Besides, the US forced japan into doing something drastic. There are also reports that the US had shot japenese aircraft down before the event itself, but I dont know how valid that is.

If you think the title is wrong, why dont you place blame where necessary(even though there is none to place) since I didnt make them post what they posted.