Truth > Comfort

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 2:18 PM, denstar <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> PBS did a special just on Dresden, I think it was part of the Ken
> Burns deal, but I could be mistaken.  I think I posted something about
> it here when it was on.
>
> If that special was to be believed, the goal was terrorism, basically.
>
> We did what we swore we'd never do -- and arguably got into the war to
> prevent -- mass slaughter of innocent people.
>
> What do you guys think about dumbing down history for the young ones?
> Or dumbing down math for the young ones?
>
> Is it better to ease people in, or just let 'em know?
>
> Personally I roll with "let 'em know".
>
> :Den
>
> --
> Reading this book is like waiting for the first shoe to drop.
>    Ralph Novak
>
> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Medic wrote:
> >
> > Dresden was not necessary at all. And it needlessly destroyed a beautiful
> > city. Dresden had little to no effect on the war. The war was already as
> > good as over. The bombing of Dresden was to make the Germans pay. That's
> it.
> > It had a train yard, sure, but the rail infrastructure was already
> destroyed
> > so the train yard wasn't a target of any value. This was simply a bombing
> to
> > kill civilians and destroy the (arguably) most beautiful in Germany.
>
> 

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