[Bran_son]

> the shock of the event they quickly labeled a “massacre.”

implies they did consider it morally wrong. Or do you mean only the society perpetrating the war crime should be the one to judge?

[richardjam73]

If the British actually considered it a war crime then why did they do the same thing to other people in many places around the world? They are only morally outraged because they are on the receiving end.