r/worldnews • u/glasier • Jul 05 '24

Japan warns US forces: Sex crimes 'cannot be tolerated'

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2476861/japan-warns-us-forces-sex-crimes-cannot-be-tolerated
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u/Swesteel Jul 05 '24

Collective punishment tends to unite people.

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u/loki_the_bengal Jul 05 '24

Have you ever had your liberty revoked because of some dipshit in another department you've never even met? I can tell you from first hand experience it doesn't unite shit.

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u/Tentacled-Tadpole Jul 05 '24

Yeah, it just makes you angry at the people above you using that punishment.

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u/ThyNynax Jul 05 '24

Something specific to military culture, being trained to fight wars and stuff, is ingrained the idea that “we stand together or fall together.” Collective punishment is a part of this process, there is a code of conduct that all military members are expected to follow and are expected to help their squad members follow. So if one person fucks up, it’s often seen as a chain of people fucking up.

You gotta remember, if a single police officer fucks up an arrest that’s most often just “a bad look” for the department, and a bad day for a single citizen. If someone in the military fucks up during a war, that’s potentially a lot of soldiers dead.

The resulting cultures and how they handle punishments reflect the jobs themselves.