А за примерами далеко ходить не надо, посмотрите на послевоенную Японию. Аналогии довольно прозрачные: нападение рыцарей Фалмуса - Перл Харбор, сражение у барьера - Тихоокеанский театр, Мегиддо - атомные бомбардировки. Причем вот эта деталь про уничтожение сдавшихся - первоначальная магия проходит как засада и высокоточные удары, но необходимо было недвусмысленно сделать это военным преступлением.
начал рассуждать про этику применения оружия массового поражения. Вот из оф перевода:
сори за многобукав
Over in my old world, there was this tacit agreement that, yes, we’ve got all these devastating weapons and stuff, but we can’t actually use them. They were more for deterrence. But was that really the case? What’s the point of spending so much money on weapons you could never use? Taking all that time to develop them? They’re meant for launching when the times call for it, no? And if you’re not supposed to use them on innocent citizens, did that suddenly make it okay to use them on the battlefield? I think if you got your brains blown out in a war, you probably wouldn’t care much about the exact murder weapon that did the deed, wherever you wound up.
Maybe that was the whole point. You needed to show people that you were strong if your weapons were ever going to serve as a deterrent. Maybe there was nothing wrong with that at all, actually. Look at Ranga, for one — he’s just sitting there, observing, and nobody’s daring to go near him. They’re as deterred as they can get.
that, yes, we’ve got all these devastating weapons and
stuff, but we can’t actually use them. They were more for
deterrence. But was that really the case? What’s the point
of spending so much money on weapons you could never
use? Taking all that time to develop them? They’re meant
for launching when the times call for it, no? And if you’re
not supposed to use them on innocent citizens, did that
suddenly make it okay to use them on the battlefield? I
think if you got your brains blown out in a war, you
probably wouldn’t care much about the exact murder
weapon that did the deed, wherever you wound up.
Maybe that was the whole point. You needed to show
people that you were strong if your weapons were ever
going to serve as a deterrent. Maybe there was nothing
wrong with that at all, actually. Look at Ranga, for one —
he’s just sitting there, observing, and nobody’s daring to go
near him. They’re as deterred as they can get.