tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post7184584520148088466..comments2024-01-28T22:16:50.852-06:00Comments on Mr. Dilettante’s Neighborhood: Still out thereMr. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-68363835909863561442013-06-16T08:30:08.666-05:002013-06-16T08:30:08.666-05:00it was the eastern front. this happened every day....<i>it was the eastern front. this happened every day.</i><br /><br />Doesn't change the nature of the act.<br /><br /><i>and dont forget the bombing of dresden. or is it different when our guys do it from an airplane?</i><br /><br />Don't know that it is different, but the people who ordered Dresden are all gone now. They're in a different court now.Mr. Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-31674801510179990982013-06-15T23:37:32.671-05:002013-06-15T23:37:32.671-05:00a soldier massacring civilians.
it was the easter...<i> a soldier massacring civilians.</i><br /><br />it was the eastern front. this happened every day.<br /><br />and dont forget the bombing of dresden. or is it different when our guys do it from an airplane?Ginohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606046924332159076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-81788791163754133612013-06-15T13:33:05.089-05:002013-06-15T13:33:05.089-05:00If the accounts of what Karkoc's unit did are ...<i>If the accounts of what Karkoc's unit did are accurate, (and we'll let the process play out) then we're talking about a soldier massacring civilians.</i><br /><br />That's the thing -- it that turns out to be true, then he has to be punished. <br />Mr. Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-40854945576275881702013-06-15T12:00:40.600-05:002013-06-15T12:00:40.600-05:00I'm sorry, but we're not talking about a g...I'm sorry, but we're not talking about a guy who just happened to fight for the Nazis. If the accounts of what Karkoc's unit did are accurate, (and we'll let the process play out) then we're talking about a soldier massacring civilians. <br /><br />He's lead a life of relative comfort for half a century; decades more than his (alleged, I guess I'm obligated to say) victims. I don't believe in a statute of limitations for war crimes.First Ringernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-30517996216220535172013-06-15T09:06:50.985-05:002013-06-15T09:06:50.985-05:00I don't know what to think about it, Gino. We&...I don't know what to think about it, Gino. We'll learn more about this matter in the coming days.Mr. Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-41264892959893564442013-06-14T20:31:47.330-05:002013-06-14T20:31:47.330-05:00war is ugly and sometimes causes normally decent p...war is ugly and sometimes causes normally decent people to sully themselves.<br /><br />i'm not trying to say that this guy is normally decent, or not, or that war made him do it, or not.<br /><br />i'm just saying its time to let it go now.<br />the process involved in bringing this guy to justice wouldnt be worth it.<br /><br />that, and the thought that there werent many angels on the eastern front to begin with, when passions ruled the moment and survival itself too often meant taking part in 'atrocity' by today's standards, and this happened on both sides...<br />where a war-brutalized young man leading a company of equally battle-hardened stormtroopers did not make one a 'Mengele'...<br /><br />for me, there is a distinction there.<br />just let it go.Ginohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606046924332159076noreply@blogger.com