----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 11:14 AM Subject: Re: Eyeless in Gaza
JM: Not true. Civilian casualties accounted for only 10% of all casualties in World War I, and that was definitely a modern war. Such casualties were more than 50% of all casualties in WWII, and the numbers since then have been consistently high, despite the various attempts to prevent the targeting of civilian populations in international law, like the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949. MM: Try to prove that the number of civilians died in the quoted Tokyo bombing is less than soldiers died in the particular bombing. While you are doing it, try the same for Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb attacks. I still say my comment is correct. Minoru --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Persons posting messages to not_honyaku assume all responsibility for their messages. The list owner does not review messages prior to posting, and accepts no responsibility for the content of messages posted. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
