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Oberon · 02-14-11, 08:11 AM

I understand, alas there is a tendency due to the nature of Hitlers regime to think of things in black and white, I know of one person on these forums that thinks that ALL Germans in World War Two were Nazis. I do not think that way but I know that there are many out there who do, and that is sad. Tak is right in that the Second World War was very much a watershed for this world and because of it there are still very strong feelings about it some sixty years later, and but for several changes of fate it could be that half of the forum would be saying how disgusting the actions of the Allies were against the righteous Nazis, that is how close it came in some instances. However as they say, history is written by the victors, and Germany has spent the past sixty years being constantly reminded that it was the loser, and again, that is sad.
At least there is a growing amount of people who realise the costs of war and that no side is truly innocent in war, no matter how just the cause, and that each civilian (and non-civilian for that matter) death is a tragedy. This will not stop war though, because there are always those who think that the benefits of armed conflict outweigh the costs, and in some instances perhaps they are right, after all, stopping the Nazis and stopping the slaughter of the Jews was a just cause, however it does not change the fact that many people die in a just cause...it is just a shame that those who do not die, do not learn from the lessons taught by those who did, that we are all equal on this little ball of dirt and should consider each other as so, and that all thoughts of grandeur and superiority are self-delusions brought on by social and technological status, we all come into this world the same way, and we will all leave it at some point, be we German, English, American, Korean, Chinese, Iraqi or Somalian.
Alas though, that is human nature, and so it shall continue...but, as individuals, you and I, Feuer Frei, can acknowledge the lessons learnt from the Second World War, and in our own ways, by recognising each other as equal, we can make sure that the sacrifices of the people of Dresden, Hamburg, Coventry, and London and all the others who died in the war, was not in vain.

02-14-11, 08:11 AM	#49
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	I understand, alas there is a tendency due to the nature of Hitlers regime to think of things in black and white, I know of one person on these forums that thinks that ALL Germans in World War Two were Nazis. I do not think that way but I know that there are many out there who do, and that is sad. Tak is right in that the Second World War was very much a watershed for this world and because of it there are still very strong feelings about it some sixty years later, and but for several changes of fate it could be that half of the forum would be saying how disgusting the actions of the Allies were against the righteous Nazis, that is how close it came in some instances. However as they say, history is written by the victors, and Germany has spent the past sixty years being constantly reminded that it was the loser, and again, that is sad. At least there is a growing amount of people who realise the costs of war and that no side is truly innocent in war, no matter how just the cause, and that each civilian (and non-civilian for that matter) death is a tragedy. This will not stop war though, because there are always those who think that the benefits of armed conflict outweigh the costs, and in some instances perhaps they are right, after all, stopping the Nazis and stopping the slaughter of the Jews was a just cause, however it does not change the fact that many people die in a just cause...it is just a shame that those who do not die, do not learn from the lessons taught by those who did, that we are all equal on this little ball of dirt and should consider each other as so, and that all thoughts of grandeur and superiority are self-delusions brought on by social and technological status, we all come into this world the same way, and we will all leave it at some point, be we German, English, American, Korean, Chinese, Iraqi or Somalian. Alas though, that is human nature, and so it shall continue...but, as individuals, you and I, Feuer Frei, can acknowledge the lessons learnt from the Second World War, and in our own ways, by recognising each other as equal, we can make sure that the sacrifices of the people of Dresden, Hamburg, Coventry, and London and all the others who died in the war, was not in vain.