From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 10:30:35 -0400, John Cuccia  wrote:

> On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 05:01:03 -0400, "Gary Wiltshire"

> wrote:
>> I called the posting of the picture smarmy and still do.  Why is it
>> morally superior to have died at Tokyo or Dresden in firestorms?
>
> What?   I don't know, I never considered that it might be and am not
> sure what you mean by "morally superior".  Superior to what?.
>
> My opinion was (and, despite Monte's best efforts, still is) that the
> "laws and customs" of war, which George was using to justify treatment
> of captives whom he claims avoid them, rarely survive the necessities
> of the moment in wartime.  The immolation of German and Japanese
> cities filled with civilians may have been necessary evils, but they
> were certainly not acts that were in accord the laws and customs of
> which George spoke.
>

Ah, so far nobler would have been a photograph showing one soldier shooting
another in the head?

--
Gary Wiltshire

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