Whether it's legal murder or not, it still adds up to wantonly slaughtering other human beings, because of some rather remote idea that has taken control of you and them. My father killed a fair number of Germans in WWII (I know this by implication), but he never spoke directly about any of those incidents. He preferred to talk about the narrow escapes, the bizarre adventures, the other guys he knew in his unit, the funny incidents...anything except the actual killing. That says a good deal in itself. He obviously did not want to remember it or bring it to mind.

- LH