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To: BenLurkin

I subscribe to the belief that war crimes only exist and apply in the eyes of the victors to those they have vanquished.

In the matter of Sherman being a war criminal, as described, in what technically was and is a civil war as opposed to one governed by international treaties what is the standard for determining standing?

Secondly, no such statutes existed in the mid 19th century so the point is an intellectual argument that really has no bearing.

If political correctness has taught us nothing it has shown that it is impossible to ascribe current cultural norms and acceptance to historical facts.


8 posted on 05/02/2017 5:15:25 PM PDT by PittsburghAfterDark (The American media: We do what the Soviet media did without the guns to our head.)
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To: PittsburghAfterDark

Well, WE always knew that, but the left just goes right ahead and does it anyway.


15 posted on 05/02/2017 5:20:14 PM PDT by ichabod1 (I call Obama "osama" because he damaged us far more than Osama bin Ladin ever did.)
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To: PittsburghAfterDark

If political correctness has taught us nothing it has shown that it is impossible to ascribe current cultural norms and acceptance to historical facts.

And yet they keep trying.
Because norms are more important to the agenda than facts
to them. Control the narrative, control the past, control
the present is the name of their game.


21 posted on 05/02/2017 5:28:37 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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