Green on Blue: causes and responses (merged thread)

[TheCurmudgeon]

It's ironical how such concepts of honour are usually being considered by Westerner in a context of violence.

Their purpose is actually to avoid violence to make living in a society more possible. Such concepts of honour and the likewise disrespected primitive justice systems such as known from Old Testament or Sharia are meant to maintain peace through deterrence. They also encourage the solution of conflicts through peaceful agreements including compensation for offences.

Keen observation. These value systems that each culture have developed are a form of internal conflict resolution system. Like any other mores, norms, folkway, or law, they provide a predictability to day-to-day life and interactions with others. Where two systems are incompatible there will be conflict.

The trick form our perspective is to find a way to either work within their norms, folkways, and laws (which we have a very hard time doing) or to use them to resolve disputes before they turn deadly.

[Fuchs]

Isn't there a wrestling sport in Afghanistan?
Maybe wrestling could be introduced as some kind of duel for honour.
Whoever feels offended could allowed to try to humiliate his offender in a public fight.
In cases of actual offending actions, our superior officer could order our offender to lose the fight.

I know, a military bureaucracy wouldn't even come close to imagine to institute such a thing.

[TheCurmudgeon]

Isn't there a wrestling sport in Afghanistan?
Maybe wrestling could be introduced as some kind of duel for honour.
Whoever feels offended could allowed to try to humiliate his offender in a public fight.
In cases of actual offending actions, our superior officer could order our offender to lose the fight.

I know, a military bureaucracy wouldn't even come close to imagine to institute such a thing.

Disruptive thinking ... I like it.

I actually believe something along this line may be what is required.