Who is the worst war criminal in Game of Thrones? The Australian Red Cross has crunched the numbers.
Who is the worst war criminal in Westeros? Does wildfire inflict superfluous injuries? And does the use of dragons in battle breach international humanitarian law?That's an average of one-and-a-half war crimes per episodeVolunteer lawyers from the Australian Red Cross have spent hours glued to HBO's blockbuster television series Game of Thrones, in a bid to answer some of these questions.
They looked for breaches of the real-world laws of war, the framework that is meant to govern all armed conflicts.The main revelation from their analysis will shock absolutely zero fans of the show — the fictional land of Westeros, where the show takes place, is full of violent war criminals. In fact, the humanitarian organisation identified no fewer than 103 violations of the laws of war in the first seven seasons, at a healthy clip of one-and-a-half war crimes per episode.
The list of misery and illegal brutality runs long, including torture, summary executions and mutilation.If you're not up-to-date with Game of Thrones, you may want to stop reading now.
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