Defiance 11-30-11

The actions of Tuvia and the Jewish partisans are different than Zus and the Russian partisans. Tuvia and the Jewish partisans send out food scouts to go to a village and take food from people but they only steal from those who can afford to give it and not from those unable to. Zus and the Russian partisans ambush Germans and kill them. I believe both are understandable but i only believe Tuvia's actions are justifiable. Tuvia's actions are reasonable and are not as drastic as Zus's. As i said before, i don;t think killing is ever justifiable. I do believe the anger and hurt behind the actions of Zus are understandable but not justified. However Tuvia does what he needs to do to provide for his community. What Tuvia and Zus do are both against what the Germans want, they just go about it in different ways. The U.S. used some of the same tactics during the revolutionary war, but neither the U.S. or Tuvia/Zus's actions are justified. I think if what we do is justifiable depends on how you go about it. For example Tuvia goes about it in a peaceful, undercover, merciful way as opposed to Zus who kills everyone possible that is against him. In war time, circumstances do change but whether actions are justifiable or not does not change. Actions can be unjust but understandable. So even in war time, killing is not just.