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Rob Riley wrote:
well what an utterly cowardly way to attempt to win the argument
to let the pain of a war that began now 70 years ago prevail over common sense in a forum about cameras. As a former soldier, I can speak with at least some authority, that neither soldiers nor people hold any persuasion over their government, even before the shooting starts.
That condition was extant in England, Germany, the USA, and Japan
...................................................where Canon cameras are made..
This man holds no logic, is a virtual stain on the forum community here at FM.
my deepest apologies to all who feel hurt by this conversation, and of those in particular peoples of German decent.
I'm sorry, but this is a huge over-reaction if not a misreading of those posts. Sure, it was an unrelated tangent, but that's hardly uncommon here. No one was seriously accusing anyone of anything, and no one was trying to use "the pain of war" to "win an argument". That is patently ridiculous. It was a light quip, that's all. I saw no ill will, no insult, or anything else contained in it. You are stirring up an controversy where there is none. Why? Quite frankly, I'm not even sure who are complaining about when you say, "This man holds no logic, is a virtual stain on the forum community here at FM". Is it Richard, Jorgen, Tariq or anyone else who participated in the discussion tangent? All of these posters are assets to this community, and certainly none of them are "trolls" as suggested by another poster.
I am of German decent (in fact of 2/3'rds of the Axis, and my spouse represents the remaining third). Why would I be offended or hurt in any way? The governments of my forefathers did bad things. Current governments do bad things. So what? That has nothing to do with the comments made. Why should merely mentioning this hurt me? H***, it wouldn't hurt my relatives in Germany.
So give it a rest. Relax. Think before you write, consider the context, the manner and spirit in the which the comment was intended. There was no ill will, no nastiness involved. Think before you try to whip something into much more than it was. Nothing that was said warranted your angry, accusatory response.
War is hell. We get that. That doesn't mean we can't mention it in light conversation.
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