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Re: What was the WW2 (Europe) about?
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The risk of major dissent is to great. Political debate can easily create animosity between friends. Even when discussing wars of the past, even when taking an academic approach one risks to stand accused of having the wrong sympathies. I've learned (through hardship) to give modern analogies a wide berth when discussing historical events, although I am a strong believer in history as presenting a model for the present (and the present to help explain the past). Sorry if I stopped making any sense!
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Parallels between the 30s and the present day are hard to draw - but there will always be people who feel that killing other people will change the world for the better (in their view). Faced with such people - others will assume that killing them will make the world safer. Every morning the day dawns - and offers all a fresh start ..... an opportunity which is largely ignored, daily.... Graham
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