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SaltPork · 10-22-2003, 07:10 PM

Let's put things into perspective...The Germans bombed the crap out of London, lots of civilians died. The Brits bombed them back, lots of civilians died. The simple fact of the matter is, it was the 1940's, there was no such thing as precision bombing, all they could do was carpet bombing and hope that a couple of bombs hit their intended targets. I know I'mm oversimplifying, but hopefully you get my point. The Brits simply retaliated against the Germans for what the Germans had done to them. Does it make it right? To the Brits it did, I'm not really one to judge, I wasn't there. Bad things happen when there is a war, sometimes really bad things, but war means killing people, plain and simple; civilians, military, animals, lots of death, especially back then.

Look how war has changed, precision bombing for example. Now we can bomb one house in a neighborhood and not do anything but superficial damage to surrounding buildings, couldn't do that in 1940. Do innocent people still die? Absolutely. Do they deserve to? Maybe, maybe not. The bomb could have killed a terrorist, soldier, leader, etc., you never know. But it could have also killed a child, a mother, a father, etc. There is a lot of uncertainty in war. The bottom line is that if we continue to engage each other in armed conflict, innocent people will die, there are no two ways about it. There will be no avoiding it, ever, unless we stop blowing each other up.

I can feel more ranting coming, it's purposeful, but I don't know how much more any of you would read of it.

10-22-2003, 07:10 PM	#15 (permalink)
SaltPork Everything's better with bacon Location: In your local grocer's freezer.	Let's put things into perspective...The Germans bombed the crap out of London, lots of civilians died. The Brits bombed them back, lots of civilians died. The simple fact of the matter is, it was the 1940's, there was no such thing as precision bombing, all they could do was carpet bombing and hope that a couple of bombs hit their intended targets. I know I'mm oversimplifying, but hopefully you get my point. The Brits simply retaliated against the Germans for what the Germans had done to them. Does it make it right? To the Brits it did, I'm not really one to judge, I wasn't there. Bad things happen when there is a war, sometimes really bad things, but war means killing people, plain and simple; civilians, military, animals, lots of death, especially back then. Look how war has changed, precision bombing for example. Now we can bomb one house in a neighborhood and not do anything but superficial damage to surrounding buildings, couldn't do that in 1940. Do innocent people still die? Absolutely. Do they deserve to? Maybe, maybe not. The bomb could have killed a terrorist, soldier, leader, etc., you never know. But it could have also killed a child, a mother, a father, etc. There is a lot of uncertainty in war. The bottom line is that if we continue to engage each other in armed conflict, innocent people will die, there are no two ways about it. There will be no avoiding it, ever, unless we stop blowing each other up. I can feel more ranting coming, it's purposeful, but I don't know how much more any of you would read of it. __________________ It was like that when I got here....I swear.