On 2019-06-15 7:01 a.m., A Moose in Love wrote:
> On Saturday, June 15, 2019 at 6:43:55 AM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2019-06-15 5:33 a.m., A Moose in Love wrote:
>>> On Friday, June 14, 2019 at 6:31:58 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> On 2019-06-14 5:49 p.m., A Moose in Love wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Wasn't he the guy who was in the Waffen SS? Do you really want
>>>> to try to discredit me in this group with claims about your
>>>> grandfather's charitable work in the Waffen SS?
>>>
>>> how you twist the truth. that makes you a filthy non person.
>>>
>>
>> I twist the truth??? You said he was in the Waffen SS.
>
> you twisted the truth again. i never said he did charitable work.
> you did. you don't get it. i post that relatives of mine were in
> the waffen ss because i want people to know that i'm not embarrassed
> by that fact, or ashamed.
Holy shit.You didn't see any sarcasm in my suggestion that your relative
in the SS was doing charitable work. Most people would be embarrassed to
have people know they are that dense.
> the wss were just another fighting force.
> they were no worse than any of the allied combat units. they were
> probably trained harsher than others, but their goal was to kill the
> enemy. killing the enemy was also the goal of other combat units.
> you're also afraid to read anything that opposes your viewpoint which
> is that the allies were justified in committing atrocities, but the
> enemy weren't. my view is that no one should commit atrocities.
>
Germany's enemies included the Poles, the Russians, the Gypsies, Jews,
political opponents, and homosexuals. The Western Allies did round up
civilians and send them to work camps and extermination camps. The did
not subject civilians in occupied territories to forced labour. Yes,
there were civilian casualties in air raids, just as there were British
civilians killed in the Blitz.
The Allies had tried to avoid war by appeasing German as it broke on
clause of the Treaty of Versailles after another. Perhaps they should
have just sent letters to the editor to express outrage over German
aggression..... that was sarcasm.