I've got a better idea.
How about i admit that the posting of this thread was a bad idea and we all start from square one again?
I'll make sure I don't ever post any WW2 matters, where either the US or Germany are involved, that way I can't be considered a European Circle Jerk, or people insinuating that i am a US hater or that i deliberately post these topics to stir up people's feelings.
A few of you have thrown one of those insinuations against me.
Most of you subtly, 1 person not so. Which i won't forget.
Once again, i am not a US hater, nor am i a PRO European, that thinks Europe rules over everything.
I understand it may be hard to analyze and to understand why a person posts a particular subject matter online, because you being online you can not gauge the poster's true motifs via face to face discussions beforehand, nor do you know the person in real life for a good, accepted amount of time to know what political, religious, or otherwise worldly beliefs he/she holds.
In closing, the nay-sayers about me couldn't be further from the mark, with what they have said about me.
And why do we fall continuously back on the "yea but it won't change people's minds" argument?
No-one is trying to change people's minds here, as i expressed earlier in this thread.
I think sometimes the 'rules of forums' go out the window, when a subject matter is posted on a forum and if it is to your liking, or you share interest in that topic, ie have valid opinions on that topic, you enter the thread and make some contributions, which can be gauged as mature and responsible.
Whereas in this thread, and the Dresden one, the rule, if you will, of people who don't give a flying rat's @&& or who think that the OP is just a hater of a country which he/she is posting about seems to be not upheld.
Shame that.
Let me ask the nay-sayers of me, a question:
How many times do I venture into a thread that I don't have any interest in and post pics in it which advertise my displeasure in a way which is almost certain to incite a strong dislike from the OP, especially if that poster insinuates things which are far-fetched and can be taken personal?
How many times have i entered a thread which i don't find interesting and insinuate personal judgment on the OP, which might i add is unfair?
I'll leave it at that. Make of this comment what you will.
I hope you read it with a open mind and a non-defensive attitude.
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