<HTML>Claire wrote:
> I'm sorry Darius, but I cannot accept demonisation of the German
> people - or the overwhelming majority - whatever. Wars are
> fought with armies commanded by generals - they don't take
> votes on what to do - they are commanded. I agree that the
> Nazis, Hitler et al, are guilty, but not the German people en
> masse. In any case atrocities were committed by both sides,
> as is the case in any war.
****Visit Warsaw Claire, abou every few hundred yards you will see a plaque in memory of couple of hundred of people shot during the street executions. My uncle was shot in one of them. My grandfather died in Aushwitz. And guess what -every single war criminal did it because he was commanded... And BTW how much have you heard about active opposition
to Nazi rule or any sort of underground movement in Germany???
> We're all people - you can't brand whole nations guilty if you ask me.
****I don't brand the whole nation Claire just the guilty and the compliant
ones and there was an awfull lot of them.
>
> BTW did you know how the Afghan army used to kill Russians
> they captured? They cut the skin off their stomachs and laid
> them in the sun to die slowly.
>
****So???? I never said Afganis were nice, just that they are not responsible for the crimes of bin Laden or Taliban
Regards D.P.</HTML>
