OH-09: Rich Iott, Nazi Re-Enactor (Okay, does Godwin's Law apply in this case?)

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Yes, & we also need to remember that the British slaughtered 70,000 people in Dresden, many of them civilians.

More like 20,000, maybe a little higher. Which is horrific enough. It is important not to buy into the exaggerated figures largely because of well... aha... what's the subject of this thread again?

Though I do intend to destroy a particular statue in London at some point, or at least get arrested trying to.

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Absolutely true. But that fact does not, must not, be used to draw a moral level between the two sides in the War. No war is black and white. Most wars are grey against grey. That war was grey against black.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Yes, & we also need to remember that the British slaughtered 70,000 people in Dresden, many of them civilians.

More like 20,000, maybe a little higher. Which is horrific enough. It is important not to buy into the exaggerated figures largely because of well... aha... what's the subject of this thread again?

Though I do intend to destroy a particular statue in London at some point, or at least get arrested trying to.

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Absolutely true. But that fact does not, must not, be used to draw a moral level between the two sides in the War. No war is black and white. Most wars are grey against grey. That war was grey against black.

     Well yes, I agree. People trying to suggest that the actions of the Soviet Union should be painted in a remotely favorable light just because they were less genocidal than their adversaries annoy me, though.