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Graf Paper · 02-13-08, 07:10 PM

@FIREWALL : :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Well, it's funny 60-some-odd years after the fact, anyways.

Time does have a way of dulling even the sharpest memory and it's easy to say, "They weren't such bad guys.", when WWII is no more real to you than a documentary on TV or a chapter in a history book.

The rise of the Third Reich is proof of the warning, "If you shout a lie often enough, people will eventually come to believe it as truth."

The Allied powers have crimes and atrocities staining their own record, but these were usually actions committed by individuals or groups in violation of the law.

What made the Axis powers "evil" are the crimes, atrocities, and genocides on their part were not only sponsored by their governments, but an expression of the core tenets of their ideology that reduced the rest of mankind to a sub-human status. It was no more wrong to torture or kill one of "them" than it was to slaughter a cow. The Japanese culture looked upon anyone not Japanese as not even human at all.

At the Nuremberg trials, many Nazi officers and government officials tried to defend their actions by pleading ignorance of what was happening around them or that they were "just following orders".

I strongly recommend all of you to read the transcripts of that trial. It presents a picture of the mindset in Germany during WWII that will chill your soul.

Auschwitz, Poland, Bataan, Nanking... just to name a few.

I wonder how we would have been judged if the Axis had won the war?

"Forgive but never forget, lest it happens again."

Still, I enjoy SH3 a great deal because it's just a game and the side I'm "fighting for" is something I take with a grain of salt.

02-13-08, 07:10 PM	#7
Graf Paper Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest United States Posts: 1,146 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 2	@FIREWALL : :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Well, it's funny 60-some-odd years after the fact, anyways. Time does have a way of dulling even the sharpest memory and it's easy to say, "They weren't such bad guys.", when WWII is no more real to you than a documentary on TV or a chapter in a history book. The rise of the Third Reich is proof of the warning, "If you shout a lie often enough, people will eventually come to believe it as truth." The Allied powers have crimes and atrocities staining their own record, but these were usually actions committed by individuals or groups in violation of the law. What made the Axis powers "evil" are the crimes, atrocities, and genocides on their part were not only sponsored by their governments, but an expression of the core tenets of their ideology that reduced the rest of mankind to a sub-human status. It was no more wrong to torture or kill one of "them" than it was to slaughter a cow. The Japanese culture looked upon anyone not Japanese as not even human at all. At the Nuremberg trials, many Nazi officers and government officials tried to defend their actions by pleading ignorance of what was happening around them or that they were "just following orders". I strongly recommend all of you to read the transcripts of that trial. It presents a picture of the mindset in Germany during WWII that will chill your soul. Auschwitz, Poland, Bataan, Nanking... just to name a few. I wonder how we would have been judged if the Axis had won the war? "Forgive but never forget, lest it happens again." Still, I enjoy SH3 a great deal because it's just a game and the side I'm "fighting for" is something I take with a grain of salt. __________________ Still sailing the high seas, hunting convoys with those who join me.