60,000 British civilians were killed in the air raids, 300,000 to 600,000 German civilians.
Your outrage is based on the assumption that all Germans were guilty of the misdeeds of their leaders, and therefore killing any German, even old people and kids, was fully justified.
How does this differ in ethical principle from Ward Churchill’s belief that all Americans are guilty for what he and many Muslims see as America’s misdeeds in the Middle East, and therefore the killing of any Americans, such as on 9/11, is fully justified?
In fact, since Americans freely elect our leaders, and the Germans didn’t, you can make a decent case that American civilians are more responsible for their country’s actions that German civilians were.
I think Ward was wrong, but I’m curious how you can logically disagree with him since your basic moral positions are the same. Except for the fact that you think calling “our people” is wrong, while presumably killing “their people” is ok.
IT WAS WAR YOU STUPID BASTARD!
"Seeing it that way" doesn't make it true.
There is no moral relativism there though many make a case for such.
67,000 British civilians died in WW2. With another 90000 injured and at least 1.5m made homeless.