Dresden marks anniversary of WWII bombings

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by DarkFish

What I'm referencing to is the fact Dowly mentioned, that the Allies knew pretty well what factories there were in Dresden, and more importantly where they were located. Therefore I'll address your reply to his post.

I'm not going to get into this argument, other than to say this:

August is correct about hindsight, but you are also correct with the "should be ashamed" comment. We should all have the grace to realize that yes, horrible things happen in war, and mistakes are made, but we should also determine not to use that as an excuse.

But you need to remember that part of the climate on a website like this is the occasional poster whose intent is not "we all have our bad side" but rather "no, you're the bad one, worse than I am". Sometimes a reply is made with that in mind, when the person replied to didn't mean that at all.

Sometimes we get defensive when we don't need to. And other times we need to.