skysharker said:
(Jewish that is, read Josephus if you do not believe me)
You mean Flavius Josephus? Jewish War?
As it seems it should be taken with some care, since he got adopted and became a roman citizen [can't be sure about his full citizenry, though] - and some jews accused him of betraying his people.
As it seems Flavius Josephus was quite disillusioned with his own people and accepted the unavoidable: roman rule.
Those who didn't either fled from ruined Jerusalem or suicided themselves - later - in Masada.
Yet, your point about "accomplicy" is subtle: those who didn't do a thing, effectively hastened his way to execution.
It think the word is omission. Not doing something to help somebody is like directly harming him/her.
I'd like to point out something you said yourself: they did something to a peer. Those were jews [or jewish sect, to be more precise] turning in what they perceived as a traitor.
From their point of view they were right: he was one of them, after all.
Now I'd like to comment more on your point on accomplicity, if you allow me to.
🙂
We can't blame a whole town if some criminals hang a man. Even if wives, mothers and children knew their relatives were out, no judge would find them guilty, unless they actually covered up the wrongdoers.
And as you pointed out, fathers' faults cannot rest on their children. We need to judge and consider the individuals, not a whole country, religion, ethnicity or people.
Can you really say Camel is guilty of anything?
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[Sure she is! Let's punish her with tickle-torture!]
Reg's.
