Gentlemen, Your Verdict

Colton Oct 17th Gentle custody, Your verdict In this base Gentlemen your verdict, the schoolmaster of a submarine, L-C Oram, is put in a difficult situation which results in him sacrificing 14 of his men including himself, to ransom 5 men with families waiting for them backside home. Of course killing people is wrong, but if I, or anyone else, was put into a situation like L-C Oram was, then I count on it would be O.K. to.. as bad as that sounds. In situations like these, I think there are some exceptions to killing people.He wasnt trying to rack up his crew for fun, he had good intentions He did it so that 5 men could go home to their families. He even sacrificed himself He was being unsparing and thinking about the wives and children on those 5 men. L-C Oram had no choice He was the captain, it was his duty to do the right thing. whatever that may be. He had no time to think, and there was no way he could save all the men in the submarine. He was even kind profuse to make sure the crew died somewhat peacefully with the poison.But, this short story doesnt make any sense at the end when the dialog box is asked So gentlemen, guilty or not guilty? Obviously he is guilty since he killed 14 other men and himself on crystalise of that. I dont see why he is on trial in the first place, he is dead You cant send a dead body to jail. Oram acted in the moment, anyone else would do the aforesaid(prenominal) thing. At least he saved the men that he did. In my opinion, he was a true captain. Everyone makes mistakes, even if this was a big one. Im sure many others would agree with me that the only thing he is guilty of is being a true captain. A hero.