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IrishUboot · 08-17-06, 07:33 PM

If I may shake off the reins of political correctness and the great shame that is self censorship, I have no qualms playing a subsim as a Kriegsmarine sub commander nor do I find the imposed German guilt complex at all endearing. Whatever your political or historical opinions, the second war happened for many reasons, and is unquestionably too complex a subject for discussion in this forum. Something my history teacher told me at a young age has always stuck; that it is the victor who writes history. Never has this been more true than in the aftermath of the war. It has led us to this position of an unchallengeable version of history, free from proper historical debate.

Five years ago, I left my study of history behind to read the law. Maybe it helps explain my approach to such issues. I like to take history with an open mind, weighing the facts, analyzing events, details, motives and opinions as any lawyer should. Being Irish and growing up during the Troubles, I've also experienced first hand the nature of conflict in the knowledge that those who wield the power of the pen can write history in such a way as to make it palatable for their intended audience.

Maybe it's time we pulled off the blinkers and allowed historians and political commentators to do their job. I'm just throwing my two cents in, for what it's worth.

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IrishUboot Sparky Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Malin Head, Eire/Ireland Posts: 156 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	If I may shake off the reins of political correctness and the great shame that is self censorship, I have no qualms playing a subsim as a Kriegsmarine sub commander nor do I find the imposed German guilt complex at all endearing. Whatever your political or historical opinions, the second war happened for many reasons, and is unquestionably too complex a subject for discussion in this forum. Something my history teacher told me at a young age has always stuck; that it is the victor who writes history. Never has this been more true than in the aftermath of the war. It has led us to this position of an unchallengeable version of history, free from proper historical debate. Five years ago, I left my study of history behind to read the law. Maybe it helps explain my approach to such issues. I like to take history with an open mind, weighing the facts, analyzing events, details, motives and opinions as any lawyer should. Being Irish and growing up during the Troubles, I've also experienced first hand the nature of conflict in the knowledge that those who wield the power of the pen can write history in such a way as to make it palatable for their intended audience. Maybe it's time we pulled off the blinkers and allowed historians and political commentators to do their job. I'm just throwing my two cents in, for what it's worth. __________________ "A braver man than Arthur Griffith, I never met" - Frederick Edwin Smith, The First Earl of Birkenhead, British negotiator of the Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921. Last edited by IrishUboot; 08-17-06 at 07:55 PM.