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Originally Posted by LeEnfield I think that it was important for the German People to see just what had been in their name, also it gave the rest of the world a chance to see just why the war had become so important to win. Killing people is the easy part getting the peace afterwards is the difficult bit. Now in several parts of Britain those killed out of hand after some trouble are still remembered and those that helped carry out these acts are still despised hundreds of years later. Also people can still watch the films of trials and see that they are as fair as they could be in those days |
I would love to see how British people see who were killed in their name. What about the empire? Was this just a noble right or was it an artificial extension of national power? Was the British domination of India a good and normal thing? Was the extirmination of the N. American Indian really necessary? We can look at the good aspects of the empire (I do), but were there bad elements? Sure. Empire's have their downpoints. Think about the Americans. Think about the Chinese. People get screwed. That is the nature of the game. Why look on the Germans as guilty of commiting crimes...these crimes were committed by all empires and all states who aspired/aspire to the same?