Dresden - February 1945!!

[sasguru]

People are quite vile creatures really, aren't they.

At the infamous SportsPalast rally in 1943, Goebbels called on the German people to wage total war, to huge applause and general approval within the country.
Well they got the total war they wished for.

[SupremeSpod]

At the infamous SportsPalast rally in 1943, Goebbels called on the German people to wage total war, to huge applause and general approval within the country.
Well they got the total war they wished for.

Agreed, I don't think there were too many members of "die Weiße Rose" present.

[doodab]

People are quite vile creatures really, aren't they.

At the infamous SportsPalast rally in 1943, Goebbels called on the German people to wage total war, to huge applause and general approval within the country.
Well they got the total war they wished for.

I was referring to people in general.

[SupremeSpod]

I was referring to people in general.

Is that "in general" or "in General". If the latter then "All hope abandon ye who enter here. Seriously."

[doodab]

Is that "in general" or "in General". If the latter then "All hope abandon ye who enter here. Seriously."

Small g.

I was going to write something trite about it being a sorry period in human history and then I realised that human history is to a large extent just a record of vile things that people have done to each other.

We should do more stuff like the moon landings.

[SupremeSpod]

Small g.

I was going to write something trite about it being a sorry period in human history and then I realised that human history is to a large extent just a record of vile things that people have done to each other.

We should do more stuff like the moon landings.

I think we should sort our tulipe out on this planet before we go further afield.

[Incognito]

Crazy idea eh? And then I remembered that in Norn Iron and various parts of Western Scotland, bands of inflammatory lunatics intent on doing something very much along those lines, were exercising their "right" to march this very day. To commemorate a skirmish that happened over 300 years ago!! Sheer lunacy, and not the sort of malarkey I want my Council Taxes going towards funding.



SB in "lights blue touchpaper and steps well back from this one" mode

Yeah madness isn't it, it's not like anyone else commemorates famous battles annually.

Independence Day (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bastille Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Like it or not Shaun, the Glorious Revolution went on the create what became the British Empire.

Granted, that’s not what the bowler hats are celebrating, but if they’re not bothering people then leave them be. If they are bothering people then reroute the march, it’s not hard really.

Just because you’re offended by them banging on their drums why should they stop celebrating their culture? I'm not offended when I visit the U.S for the 4th of July, I wonder why certain communities get offended at the 12th?

[SupremeSpod]

Yeah madness isn't it, it's not like anyone else commemorates famous battles annually.

Independence Day (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bastille Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Like it or not Shaun, the Glorious Revolution went on the create what became the British Empire.

Granted, that’s not what the bowler hats are celebrating, but if they’re not bothering people then leave them be. If they are bothering people then reroute the march, it’s not hard really.

Just because you’re offended by them banging on their drums why should they stop celebrating their culture? I'm not offended when I visit the U.S for the 4th of July, I wonder why certain communities get offended at the 12th?

Because they've sod all else to do and a drunken summer afternoon scrapping sounds like fun.

[Incognito]

Because they've sod all else to do and a drunken summer afternoon scrapping sounds like fun.

They're just bad losers mate, that's what it is.


On another note:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_...d/10594614.stm

Not even marching day, just a few bonfires and look who's causing all the trouble:

The trouble began at about 2345 BST on Sunday. Police used water canon and fired baton rounds at the nationalist rioters.

Christ if they wanted an invite all they had to do was ask.

[NotAllThere]

The historian Taylor summed it up nicely: "The destruction of Dresden has an epically tragic quality to it. It was a wonderfully beautiful city and a symbol of baroque humanism and all that was best in Germany. It also contained all of the worst from Germany during the Nazi period. In that sense it is an absolutely exemplary tragedy for the horrors of 20th century warfare and a symbol of destruction"

It's taught in schools, the video in question is from a British tv series. I think it's fairly well known what happened. Whether it was really justified - I've no idea. It remains a horrifying event. But that's war for you.