If you follow the line of reasoning put forward by some posters in this thread - no one - except the person on overall charge of a nation is responsible for any of their actions. This idea is attractive to some and we have seen the end result of this too many times.

The excuse that folk were only following orders has been tried before and is now finally discredited. This excuse given - (even by those who volunteered and only when finally brought to account) - was that they had no choice to undertake the things they did. Under some circumstances - this excuse may have some weight - but Max is not threatening going to shoot his volunteers.

I think the editing/censorship policy has got too heavy here and we would be better off with the rules being more relaxed.

If indeed these are the hard-and-fast-set-forever forum rules (which I doubt) - they can always be subject to a review if they look like being counter-productive.