02-21-2003, 04:30 PM
Dear Moldran,
The logic you showed in justifying the fire-bombing of Dresden has me appalled, and I am regretting having opened this thread at all, but........
The civilians who were there helped elect a government that did nasty things, so it is ok that they were killed deliberately?
You are not per se responsible for the actions of the government you happen to be under. But if you support a regime as terrible as the NSDAP, you are fully responsible for the crimes it committs.
The bombing of Dresden was a direct result of the war Germany had started, in which it made little difference between civilian and military targets. Remember the attacks on English cities. Remember the murder units that followed the Wehrmacht on the eastern front.
By that logic, it would have been ok for the Nicaraguans to have sent terrorist attacks to University Town, U.S.A. because the goverment they elected encouraged, funded and equipped the Contras who terrorized and murdered innocent civilians there.
Or did you forget about that?
The logic you showed in justifying the fire-bombing of Dresden has me appalled, and I am regretting having opened this thread at all, but........
The civilians who were there helped elect a government that did nasty things, so it is ok that they were killed deliberately?
You are not per se responsible for the actions of the government you happen to be under. But if you support a regime as terrible as the NSDAP, you are fully responsible for the crimes it committs.
The bombing of Dresden was a direct result of the war Germany had started, in which it made little difference between civilian and military targets. Remember the attacks on English cities. Remember the murder units that followed the Wehrmacht on the eastern front.
By that logic, it would have been ok for the Nicaraguans to have sent terrorist attacks to University Town, U.S.A. because the goverment they elected encouraged, funded and equipped the Contras who terrorized and murdered innocent civilians there.
Or did you forget about that?
And you may call it righteousness
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake