DJ - as a European who spends a lot of time in Germany, what do you know about, say, Vietnam, except for what you read in the newspapers or saw in a Hollywood movie?
When people talk about or write about atrocities in WWII, I've read about the Nazis, and the Soviets.
If you want to talk about Americans, Brits, and the rest of the Allies raping their way across Europe while looting and torturing, I think you're going to have to go into more detail than telling us that we suffer from cognitive dissonance.
A certain small percentage of every population are psychopaths, with no feelings of empathy or remorse, maybe 1%, maybe 3%. To extrapolate from them to an entire population needs more than big words.
I agree with unclewest, I'd like to see cnyndwllr's bona fides. He does not come across as the real deal.
I have communicated directly with many people on SI including you, and don't doubt you are who you say you are. But on the internet, it's easy to pretend. In fact, it's very common for people to embellish their war experiences, or pretend they were there when they were not. |
