Vignettes – “Soldiers of Conscience”

 

These are useful in starting discussions about the important points in the film. To kill or not to kill?  Obeying the call of one’s nation?  Or becoming a conscientious objector?  What to do when it is your finger on the trigger and another human being in the rifle site?  Click images for video.

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Aidan Delgado”The Right Way Out”
Soldiers of Conscience Vignette – a tool for beginning discussion.  A Buddhist conscientious objector finds his way.
Length:  6:33

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Major Peter Kilner “War is Necessary”
Soldiers of Conscience Vignette – a tool for beginning discussion.  An officer and West Point professor takes a long hard look at why we go to war and who should pull the trigger.  Length:  4:46

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Camilo Mejia  “Killing Changes You”
Soldiers of Conscience Vignette – a tool for beginning discussion.  The burden of conscience.  What happens after you pull the trigger.
Length:  4:45

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Joshua Casteel “To Love One’s Enemies”
Soldiers of Conscience Vignette – a tool for beginning discussion.  A patriot joins after 9/11 and discovers to his surprise that he is a Christian conscientious objector.
Length:  6 minutes

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Sgt. Jaime Isom  “People Don’t Know What It Is Like”
Soldiers of Conscience Vignette – a tool for beginning discussion.  A sincere war fighter faces the burden of conscience, for answering his nation’s call.     Length:  2:54

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Sgt. Washington  “Kill or be Killed”
Soldiers of Conscience Vignette – a tool for beginning discussion.  What every soldier knows, even if they don’t talk about it.
Length:  2:12

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“The Good Samaritan and the CO”
Soldiers of Conscience Vignette – a tool for beginning discussion.  The moral reasoning behind killing, when one’s nation requires it.
Length: 4:30

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