I can understand your point. Maybe I expressed it wrong - I'm not in
favor of the killing. There's just something about the Stuka's design
that I really like. It's hard to express, but in no way is my
appreciation for the design of the machine meant to say I approve of war.
I have a 1:72 model of a Stuka here on my desk. I like the lines, the
overall look. I've never seen one fly, so I can't really speak to that.
On 12/10/15 12:15 : , Moose wrote:
On 12/9/2015 1:24 PM, Ken Norton, erstwhile List Mom, wrote:
...
What is cool about that whole concept, though, ... and you can just
start throwing
armor and munitions all over it.
On 12/10/2015 9:30 AM, Paul Braun wrote:
... I love the Stuka - it makes no pretense at being pretty. It's
aggressive and angular - a no-nonsense war machine.
With respect to those like two of our Crises*///
With respect to those, like two of our listees names Chris, who made a
career in the military arms of major governments, I find the idea of
expressing public appreciation, even love, of machines designed to
kill people, uh, troublesome, particularly when the emphasis isn't on
some other aspects of them as flying machines, but on their
effectiveness at killing.
I'm not sure it's proper for those who have been in actual combat,
taking fire from others and their killing machines, from guns on up,
to make such expressions, but I'm pretty darn sure it's not
appropriate conduct for those who haven't.
I'm not interested in opening a discussion about war in general, or
any discussion at all. I speak only about the glorification of
killing. How do you think the terrorists get to the point of killing?
No Glory Moose
* How the heck does one make a proper plural here?
AG
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