[WWI] Pilots of Interest

[Andy Bannister]

Jamie :
 
 How did you derive that from this???? Have I wronged you in a previous
life?  ;-)
Not at all. But taken in context it did kind of suggest (to me anyway) that
we need to balance their evil deeds against their accolades and war hero
status and perhaps not judge them too harshly. Apologies for getting it
wrong!
 
My personal take is that even the worst of men can some times do 'heroic'
things and that even the best of men sometimes do great wrongs.  
Most definitely.
 
 As well, the first World War experiences of these men were part of their
make up. I would suggest to you that neither would have gone as far as they
did politically if they did not have these  credentials.  
Possibly, though there were a great many heroes from both world conflicts
that didn't go as far and a great many politicians who weren't war heroes.
The issue though is not how far they went politically, but how far over the
edge of sanity and reason they went. 
 
 In no way did I suggest that their World War I actions would balance out
their later deeds, merely that you need to know both.
In many cases, yes. In their case I would say no, I don't need to know.
Their past matters not one bit compared to the atrocities they were
responsible for....
 

Andy 
 
CEO, Editor in Chief, Choreographer, Teaboy
www.warpedplastic.co.uk <http://www.warpedplastic.co.uk/>  
 
 
 
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From: Andy  <mailto:a.bann at ntlworld.com> Bannister 
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Jamie  wrote: 
 
 "  I think that one has to be aware of a person's entire history before one
can pass judgement on them."  
 
I certainly hope you're not suggesting we cut Adolf & Hermann a little slack
because they were war heroes...
Medals or no medals, they were sick, sadistic bastards any way you slice it.
 

Andy 
 
CEO, Editor in Chief, Choreographer, Teaboy
www.warpedplastic.co.uk <http://www.warpedplastic.co.uk/>  

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