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[–]LarrySwinger2 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (6 children)

Women and children deserve special mention because they're more important than adult men.

[–]LordoftheFlies 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Nah, it's because the men were all peacefully migrating into Europe.

[–]Vulptex 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You're being sarcastic right?

[–]LarrySwinger2 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Obviously.

[–]Newzok 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

They're less likely to be combatants and usually are uninvolved civilians, is the point.

[–]Vulptex 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

No, it's because adult men mean nothing more than free labor to a primitive tribe and each one can produce an unlimited number of offspring. So our instincts see them as less important and disregard their humanity.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, this is the correct reason. It's biological hardwiring