No convention, no union will suffice to tame the wild aspect of our nature. Reason may keep it restrained for the time being, but that's just it.

Amazing to me how a culture of cruelty grows up, so a whole society is in on it.
It's not a genetic issue. We're all human. It's training, exposure, education. That tells me it's up to all of us to speak up, to resist, to not go along.

Over and over again, it happens. I don't understand what happens to people that they act like beasts when they are in a group--a military unit--and at home they are civilized.

Thanks for your insightful comment, @aloysiusmbaba