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Randy Treibel
03/29/09

In reply to Amnesty International and the Art of War
Interesting ad. I do think everybody is against everybody is a bit broad and it could've been a more pointed comment, but the gist is correct.
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ChillbearLatrigue
03/29/09

@Randy Treibel: I'm kind of with you on this, Randy. I think that the world being against the Nazi's in the 30's and 40's was fairly justified, to name one glaring example.
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Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
03/29/09

@ChillbearLatrigue: That's not actually true. The entire world WASN'T against the Natzis. The Russians were key allies until Hitler turned against them. The Italians and the Austrians were more or less happy to go along with them. The Japanese were staunch supporters. Most Arab nations were at least sympathetic. It would be nice to believe that the whole world banded together to defeat that evil. It would also, of course, be a complete fabrication.
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ChillbearLatrigue
03/29/09

@Oy Veh (Informality Reigns): You are correct. What I was trying to point out is that despite the fact that some part of the world is constantly at war, it is very clear that there are good guys and bad guys. I'm guilty of oversimplification in my example, but it was a necessary war from the allied perspective.
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Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
03/29/09

@ChillbearLatrigue: And I didn't mean to sound preachy! Rarely is there ever a case of clear-cut good vs. evil in war (with a few notable exceptions i.e. Nazis). To paraphrase Billy Joel the good guys aren't always good and the villains aren't as bad as they seem. I had a history professor who once remarked darkly the ability to write the history books was one of the main spoils of war. Of course, he also consistently referred to the Civil War as the War Of Northern Aggression, so..
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ChillbearLatrigue
03/29/09

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I have next to no use for Amnesty International, but damn if they can't slap together one hell of an ad. King's to you, AI.
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eatsshootsleaves
03/29/09

@ChillbearLatrigue: What's wrong with Amnesty International?
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