From: "Gary Britt" 

Different time different morality.  1840 versus 1940.  Only the brain dead,
biased or biased brain dead try to compare actions across centuries from a
standard of morality that didn't exist until recently.

Gary

"Adam"  wrote in message
news:442bd534{at}w3....
> John Cuccia wrote:
> > On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:47:58 -0500, "Mark"
 wrote:
> >
> >> You're now saying you're against our actions in WWII John?
> >
> > What in the world is your addled little brain reading now?   I said
> > nothing of the sort.
> >
> > I was commenting on the existence, or lack thereof, of the "laws and
> > customs of war", which are polite fictions which rarely survive the
> > savage exigencies of the moment.
> >
>
> It should be pointed out that ethnic cleansing & even genocide were part
> of the customs & within the law till 45 & then people were prosecuted
> for doing it to white people rather than darker skinned people under
> wholly new & retroactive victor's justice.
>
> e.g. in your indian wars etc ethnic cleansing was the aim but coz they
> weren't white it didn't matter.
>
> Adam
>
> >>  >> always wrong in your eyes, or what? I ask cause it sure comes across
that
> >> way most of the time>
> >
> > Have you stopped beating your wife yet, or what?
> >

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