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Subject: Re: Go Brutus!!

Author: Joachim Rang

Date: 05:25:13 11/25/03

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On November 25, 2003 at 01:36:54, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>On November 24, 2003 at 16:28:31, Joachim Rang wrote:
>
>>
>>>1. I just wish anyone else in the world would have made Brutus, besides Dr. D.
>>>Chrilly is a horrible person, and it makes me a little more than reluctant to
>>>purchase ANYTHING he puts out.
>>
>>really? I think Chrilly is a very kind person and has a great sense of humour.
>>The one incident  with the emails with dead american soldiers may have disturbed
>>some people, but hey that's one incident and actually not a clear stupid but a
>>very debateable one.
>>
>>I know now it will go Off-Topic, but hay yoa started ;-)
>>
>>regards Joachim
>
>I have heard the "this is debatable" argument several times and I still don't
>understand it.
>
>That I am an American doesn't make me an automatic valid target of anyone of
>anyone who wants to send this kind of stuff via email.
>
>What Chrilly did was never acceptable and he has apologized for it.
>
>I have shown the emails I received to two other Americans, not coincidentally
>both of whom have opposed the idea of the war from day one, and both were
>outraged.
>
>If you cannot understand the kind of impact that this thing (photo of dead
>American soldier with pants pulled down, captioned "good American", photo of
>American POW along with some suggestion that he's on his way to becoming "good")
>has on an American I can't hope to convince you to understand.
>
>And if you think that this is some sort of legitimate "anti-war" expression, I
>can't hope to understand why.
>
>bruce


it is well known that pictures of dead american soldiers have a _huge_ impact on
most americans. I believe this is due to the fact, that most americans are not
ready to critical evaluate the role which played the US-Army in history (no
offense intended it's just a guess, maybe you can tell me the true cause). In my
opinion this role is very mixed and there are bright but also dark sides in the
history of the actions of the US-Army.
If someone would send me an email with dead german soldiers in Afghanistan I
would start to think if our intentions to participate in the military actions in
Afghanistan are really unselfish and helpful or not. I actually think it is
right to participate but I can imagine that others don't think so and that there
are many facts that question the good intentions of Germans to participate in
such military actions in Afghanistan. That would be even more true if we were
engaged in a war, which we started against the will of the majority of the
people and nations and with falsified and exaggerated facts.

regards Joachim



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