Re: Small Minds
Art, While I do not know your history because you have no profile I will take the liberty to let you know a little of mine. I spent two tours with the 173rd Airborne as a grunt infantryman in the central highlands. I saw things there that have driven men insane. There were many common euphamisms used then and even now that were intended to dehumanize the enemy and make killing him easier on the mind. That is similar to the use of the derogotory term used for Germans.
That a person 55 years later would stoop to this bull**** who has not been directly involved in the conflict and has never had a shot fired in anger come his way, is infantile to say the least and totally uncalled for.
In addition, my Father was with the 8th Army Air Forces and shot down while bombing Germany and spent some years in a German POW camp. I cannot remember over the last 50 years of my life him ever having anything but respect for the people who treated him humanely and with as much care as the circumstances would allow. Granted while not everyone in the European theater was treated humanely there were then and certainly now many Germans who did not agree with the Nazi Party.
Why must we continue with the negative name calling, just because you know some old men who were shot at? I don't think that gives you the right to offend any German who is interested enough to log onto the Luger Forum.
I will ask one more time and then I will have said my piece. Why the use of offensive inflamatory comments? Jerry Burney
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