Reading post 629777 in main thread: How innocent are civilians in wartime?
July 12th, 2012  
BritinAfrica
 
 
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Originally Posted by MontyB
No I wouldn't turn the other cheek I would come after you and your family but not the whole town you live in.
Why come after my family when they had no part in my attack on you? You would be doing "exactly" the same as Bomber Command but on a much smaller scale.

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Originally Posted by MontyB
Again I kind of think we have reached an impasse as we seem to be regurgitating the same story with no real meeting point.

For once I am going to leave this fight by agreeing with a clergyman(not bad for a near atheist):
Regarding Bishop Bell and his "night-bombing of non-combatants is a degradation of the spirit for all who take part in it -"

He did not have the support of senior bishops. The Archbishop of York replied to him in Parliament "it is a lesser evil to bomb the war-loving Germans than to sacrifice the lives of our fellow countrymen..., or to delay the delivery of many now held in slavery"


Adversus solem ne loquitor

Last edited by BritinAfrica; July 12th, 2012 at 06:51..
 
 
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