User blog comment:Rayn Larusse/bad redwallers/@comment-2112638-20100614222808

It was pretty bad when Captain Snow and Gingivere did that. It may or may not be a war crime, depending on whether or not there was a true surrender. In any case, it's still immoral to kill like that. If you kill to stop them from killing, it needs to be when the creature in danger is present.