Putin is turning Russia back into USSR

CCIP · 05-21-06, 08:39 PM

And which side are you on?

Newsflash: Waffen SS was acknowledged as part of the Nazi organization at Nuremberg and universally condemned. There is no excuses for Waffen SS. Of course not every SS soldier participated in an atrocity, but they were very explicitly signing up into this work. These were Waffen SS soldiers, no more, no less. They share the responsibility for the "humanitarian work" done by Waffen SS on the Eastern Front.

There were Estonian units in the Soviet army fighting against the Germans on the other hand, and this is a monument to this battle specifically - not to NKVD, not to the Soviet army in their role as occupier. There is a big difference.

Again, I repeat, there is NO excuses for Waffen SS. There is no excuses for honoring an essentially Nazi legacy. I don't care HOW you raise your goddamn hand to honor them, you just don't do that. There is no excuses for dishonoring a legacy of those fighting against the Germans and their allies, period.

Happy Times, don't go overboard, please. There is a difference between recognizing history and defending Nazi organizations. Myself nor Type941, nor most Russians, deny the wrongs done by the illegal Soviet occupation of the Baltic. But this just doesn't measure up with Nazism.

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CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	And which side are you on? Newsflash: Waffen SS was acknowledged as part of the Nazi organization at Nuremberg and universally condemned. There is no excuses for Waffen SS. Of course not every SS soldier participated in an atrocity, but they were very explicitly signing up into this work. These were Waffen SS soldiers, no more, no less. They share the responsibility for the "humanitarian work" done by Waffen SS on the Eastern Front. There were Estonian units in the Soviet army fighting against the Germans on the other hand, and this is a monument to this battle specifically - not to NKVD, not to the Soviet army in their role as occupier. There is a big difference. Again, I repeat, there is NO excuses for Waffen SS. There is no excuses for honoring an essentially Nazi legacy. I don't care HOW you raise your goddamn hand to honor them, you just don't do that. There is no excuses for dishonoring a legacy of those fighting against the Germans and their allies, period. Happy Times, don't go overboard, please. There is a difference between recognizing history and defending Nazi organizations. Myself nor Type941, nor most Russians, deny the wrongs done by the illegal Soviet occupation of the Baltic. But this just doesn't measure up with Nazism. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)