Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan: In my view, your post cited below is sound commentary on the abuses of reckless moral relativism blurring the existence of fundamental moral absolutes that stand as universals and cut across cultures, time and space! Good for you! As for others, please be patient with this off topic and abstract exchange on the LUG: I do find all aspects of Leica History compelling! Leon LP6@aol.com In a message dated 11/25/99 2:38:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, nathan.wajsman@euronet.be writes: << believe that it is important to remember that in > WWII atrocities , large and small, were committed by > both sides. This is the worst kind of relativism, implying that somehow both sides were equal and that we take the view of history that we do only because "we" happened to win the war. Such a view is an insult to the victims and to the soldiers who died ridding the world of the supreme evil that Nazism represented. You will find very few exponents of this view even among modern Germans. As for the story about the Polish soldier shooting the SS guy, while I cannot condone executing a POW, I understand the soldier's action given the suffering endured by his country. Also, keep in mind that the guy he shot was not an ordinary Wehrmacht soldier--the SS were a special corps, responsible for many of the worst war crimes. Of course, after the war they all claimed to be just "following orders" etc. Basically, the guy got what he deserved. Sorry to the LUG for the off-topic post, but as a son of a Holocaust survivor I could not let this one pass by in silence. This will be my only post in this thread. Nathan -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium G >>