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<p>[QUOTE="oval_man, post: 1115760, member: 22602"]I wasn't referring to your dad—except to thank him—but to your vague comment that "everything these guys did will soon be forgotten" as "people rewrite history for political correctness." Forgotten by whom? Who are these nefarious writers trying to distort the past for the sake of political correctness? Which facts are being "lost?"</p><p><br /></p><p>The Rape of Nanking and Bataan Death March, as well as other aspects of that or any other war, can easily be researched online (which is where kids learn nowadays, like it or not) and elsewhere. The entire modern world is aware of the atrocities committed by the Germans and Japanese during WWII, no population more so than the very descendants of the people who committed them. Would you like to have either of those stigmas (the German or Japanese one) on <i>your</i> hands? Is it so wrong, then, to be sensitive to those new generations of Germans and Japanese who had nothing to do with that period in history and who are desperately trying to regain a sense of dignity and respect for their own historical culture? (I'm referring particularly to the Germans.) Remember that we bombed Dresden (my dad did), the country's cultural capital housing irreplaceable art and artifacts of the highest order, a sortie which resulted in enormous civilian casualties.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are there differing points of view about these and all other moments of history? Of course there are, but the thrust of the narrative remains intact (built, as you say, on facts). War is Hell and no culture or nation can wash its hands of despicable acts. Let's not forget this history either lest we be doomed to repeat it.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, technically, calling any generation "the Greatest" is opinion and not fact, no matter how many of us share the opinion. That the Pittsburgh Steelers have won six Superbowls is a fact; calling them "the Greatest Football Team" would be opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a coin forum so I'd better cease or feel the wrath of the mods <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. There is more that could be discussed, obviously, and I have the sense we'd probably ultimately agree more than disagree (we come from the same culture), but this is not the place.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="oval_man, post: 1115760, member: 22602"]I wasn't referring to your dad—except to thank him—but to your vague comment that "everything these guys did will soon be forgotten" as "people rewrite history for political correctness." Forgotten by whom? Who are these nefarious writers trying to distort the past for the sake of political correctness? Which facts are being "lost?" The Rape of Nanking and Bataan Death March, as well as other aspects of that or any other war, can easily be researched online (which is where kids learn nowadays, like it or not) and elsewhere. The entire modern world is aware of the atrocities committed by the Germans and Japanese during WWII, no population more so than the very descendants of the people who committed them. Would you like to have either of those stigmas (the German or Japanese one) on [I]your[/I] hands? Is it so wrong, then, to be sensitive to those new generations of Germans and Japanese who had nothing to do with that period in history and who are desperately trying to regain a sense of dignity and respect for their own historical culture? (I'm referring particularly to the Germans.) Remember that we bombed Dresden (my dad did), the country's cultural capital housing irreplaceable art and artifacts of the highest order, a sortie which resulted in enormous civilian casualties. Are there differing points of view about these and all other moments of history? Of course there are, but the thrust of the narrative remains intact (built, as you say, on facts). War is Hell and no culture or nation can wash its hands of despicable acts. Let's not forget this history either lest we be doomed to repeat it. By the way, technically, calling any generation "the Greatest" is opinion and not fact, no matter how many of us share the opinion. That the Pittsburgh Steelers have won six Superbowls is a fact; calling them "the Greatest Football Team" would be opinion. This is a coin forum so I'd better cease or feel the wrath of the mods :(. There is more that could be discussed, obviously, and I have the sense we'd probably ultimately agree more than disagree (we come from the same culture), but this is not the place.[/QUOTE]
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