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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2797728, member: 10461"]I certainly did not see anything objectionable in my deleted discussion, or I wouldn't have posted it in the first place, obviously.  The "politics" of WW1 was a century ago, after all. But I will not second-guess [USER=15199]@desertgem[/USER]'s decision to remove it.  The line between history and politics is blurry.  I suspect there's really little difference between the two except for the passage of time.  Today's politics is tomorrow's history.  Add a century of hindsight to an issue, and by the time everyone who participated in an event or era has died off, it shouldn't be quite as contentious.  But yes, sometimes it still is. I definitely was not trying to stir any pots by discussing the dark side of some important (if mostly-forgotten) historical figures, but if this isn't the time or place for that, so be it.  I can understand that.  Let the ghosts fade back into the mists of time. And while I've had posts deleted before (never thought of myself as controversial - haha), I think it's mostly a good thing that this is a tightly-moderated forum, so no worries or laments from me on that score. Onward.[/QUOTE]