Doug Henwood wrote:
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> On Nov 2, 2006, at 10:20 AM, B. wrote:
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> > Wow, Sy Hersh rushes to World Burns to Death's
> > defense. But, like Doug asked, "Why not blame civilian
> > bosses instead"?
>
> One of the many reasons that Occupation: Dreamland is such a good
> movie is that it shows what happens when you put a bunch of ordinary
> people in a horrific situation: they lose all their decency and do
> monstrous things. It would happen to almost anyone, I'll bet.
>
Again, I agree. But the same latitude should be extended to the guards at Belsen and the Japanese soldiers involved in the rape of Nanking, no?
Equally, the same latitude should be extended to those Iraqi who beheaded prisoners they had kidnapped?
Carrol