Avital, it behoves you not as moderator to be offensive. I found your last message offensive. My father captained a minesweeper and the strain of that caused him to have nightmares for the rest of his life. My mother's family was bombed out of three homes. And I lost a cousin in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. And yes, the fighter in Burma and the sailor *are* representative of Britain at that time. These people were aware Naziism was evil but had no knowledge of the real depths of depravity which existed. But they did feel they had to fight the evil. My father was in a reserved occupation and didn't have to join the navy. And may I remind you that it was Britain along with the Commonwealth family who fought this evil alone as most of Eurpoe had been conquered and the Americans didn't join in until Pearl Harbor. I think I am right in saying this country is still repaying all the "help" given by America before then.
So Liz is right in saying we have nothing to be ashamed of. Our politicians may have known more but the frontline troops and the civiliam population being bombed night after night after night did not. And who knows, in 60 years time the building of that wall in your country may be widely condemned as evil. At the moment I and many others on the outside can see both sides of the problem but in 60 years....? it has been said before but hindsight is a wonderful thing. Also, many of the members of this list are very kind and friendly Germans. I'm sure most of us on the list do not hold them responsible for what their parents and grandparents may or may not have done in the thirties and forties. i certainly would not want to be held responsible for my grandparents' activities, especially as I never knew them. A saddened Patricia in Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
