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RE: Okay, let\\\\\\\'s settle this matter once and
Posted by: John Griffiths ()
Date: March 07, 2001 05:25PM

<HTML>First off I side with Rainer on this.

Second, how many of those who say it\'s okay to loot the dead have actually fought? Hmm, I wonder. All of the gung-ho types who spout out their battle cries without having been in the heat of battle are not worthy of consideration. More, are not worth the space. If you\'d have been on the receiving end of modern weaponry you might just stop to think about other things - and looting is the furthest from your mind.

\'Looting\' has been, always will be, a part of the scene whenever there is action. It\'s human nature. Myself, I find it despicable and below the morals and attitude we subscribe to when we take the colours - no matter whose side we fight on.

The ultimate desecration is to loot. There is no honour in robbing - that is, taking without consent or order - of the fallen. Those who do are no better than thieves.

How many high moral rollers got their rocks off when artefacts from their side were proven to be the result of looting? I bet they get jiggy when that happens! I heard that the US got mighty arsed when it was proven that the Vietnamese were doing just that - despite the fact that many US servicemen earned a fair bit of cash stealing bits of kit from the VC. As for when the Germans took stuff - oh dear! Quite a few Congressmen were written to then! Funny how it\'s viewed as a moral outrage when we have decided who are the good guys and who are the bad!

Truth is, \'To the Victor the spoils\' does NOT mean robbing the dead.

Whatever, if artefacts are removed with due reverence for the dead - fair enough. A ceremony, due respect - that\'s all for the good. But to loot the dead?

What ever happened to tradition and \'The Art of War?\'.

There is no honour any more.

Aye,

John</HTML>

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Okay, let\'s settle this matter once and for all Frank Blazich 03/07/2001 02:55PM
RE: Okay, let\\\'s settle this matter once and for Rainer Bruns 03/07/2001 03:37PM
RE: Okay, let\\\\\\\'s settle this matter once and Tom Iwanski 03/07/2001 05:45PM
RE: Okay, let\\\'s settle this matter once and for Steve 03/07/2001 03:46PM
Semper Fi, Dude! Karl D. 03/07/2001 04:24PM
RE: Semper Fi, Dude! steve 03/07/2001 05:05PM
RE: Semper Fi, Dude! Karl D. 03/08/2001 04:59PM
RE: Semper Fi, Dude! Rainer Bruns 03/08/2001 06:33PM
RE: Okay, let\\\\\\\'s settle this matter once and Frank Blazich 03/07/2001 06:53PM
RE: Okay, let\\\'s settle this matter once and for Yuri IL\'IN 03/07/2001 04:39PM
RE: Okay, let\\\\\\\'s settle this matter once and John Griffiths 03/07/2001 05:25PM
RE: What has this got to do with U-boats? Kurt 03/07/2001 11:38PM
My two cents... Ben B. 03/08/2001 05:59AM
U 508 Don 03/08/2001 05:55AM
RE: U 508 Anders Wingren 03/08/2001 06:44PM
U 508 Don 03/08/2001 05:57AM
RE: Okay, let\\\'s settle this matter once and for Fin Bonset 03/08/2001 01:06PM
RE: Okay, let\\\\\\\'s settle this matter once and Steve 03/08/2001 02:17PM
RE: Okay, let\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s settle this matter Fin Bonset 03/08/2001 06:49PM
RE: Okay Yuri IL\'IN 03/09/2001 01:15AM
RE: Okay, let\\\\\\\'s settle this matter once and John Griffiths 03/08/2001 06:26PM


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