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Messages  3401
 Subject:  Re: The problem is that people like it!!!List thread.  
  
 Date:  Mar 2, 2001
 From:  Halpern John 
> Of course, we don't model SS soldiers shooting civilians, or filling
> mass graves in death camps. We model "fighting guys" we say to
> ourselves. But who's to say that those four guys having a smoke at
> Poteau weren't in fact war criminals? Who's to say that those cool
> looking armored trains bringing supplies to the troops battling it out
> on the Eastern front didn't also carry "death camp" candidates on their
> way back?
>

Maybe we need to start showing the unsavory side of war...the Nazi
atrocities in particular (as well as others). If done properly it would
serve as a real history lesson and a warning.
Personally, I would like to see the 1/35th hobby spread into WW1. The
pickins are mighty slim.
 
Thread Listing 
  Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures? - Brandon R. Sutherland - Mar 1, 2001
. . . Re: Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures? - Hassan Howard - Mar 1, 2001
. . . . . . The problem is that people like it!!! - - Mar 1, 2001
. . . . . . . . . Re: The problem is that people like it!!! [IMG] - Hervé CharbyCharbonneau - Mar 1, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: The problem is that people like it!!! - Halpern John - Mar 2, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yep, I agree... . - Yc. Wang - Mar 2, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Yep, I agree... . - Tim Streeter - Mar 2, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . miscellaneous thoughts before a cup of coffee... - Andrew Herbert - Mar 2, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . We are not that far away + Dead soldiers at AMPS - Hassan Howard - Mar 2, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: We are not that far away + Dead soldiers at AMPS - Christophe Jacquemont - Mar 2, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don't forget the military prisoners - Bob Lessels - Mar 4, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: The problem is that people like it!!! - Hubert, Stephane [CAR:9F65:EXCH] - Mar 2, 2001
. . . . . . . . . Japan is a special case - Hassan Howard - Mar 1, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Japan is a special case - Bob Seaver - Mar 1, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Japan is a special case - Barry Gazso - Mar 13, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . World of doodoo - Brent McCombs - Mar 12, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: World of doodoo - William - Mar 15, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Russians fought for love of country, they did not need coercion - Hassan Howard - Mar 17, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Russians fought for love of country, they did not need coercion - Gray Creager - Mar 17, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . Can't blame them either... . - Yc. Wang - Mar 2, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Extended period of peace" - are we talking about Earth here? - Hassan Howard - Mar 2, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Didn't mean that... . - Yc. Wang - Mar 2, 2001
. . . . . . . . . Products are tailored for the biggest market - Bob Lessels - Mar 4, 2001
. . . . . . Re: Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures? - Christophe Jacquemont - Mar 1, 2001
. . . . . . . . . Buy, Build, Write and Post - Tim Streeter - Mar 1, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . Devil's advocate - Bob Lessels - Mar 4, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Devil's advocate - Nemanja Pavlovic - Mar 21, 2001
. . . How this focus perpetuates itself - Tim Streeter - Mar 2, 2001
. . . . . . Re: Get a grip guys - Olve - Mar 3, 2001
. . . . . . Re: How this focus perpetuates itself - Rebecca Hill - Mar 4, 2001
. . . . . . . . . The Hobby Store Shelves and Industry Economics - Tim Streeter - Mar 4, 2001
. . . Re: Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures? - Brandon R. Sutherland - Mar 5, 2001
. . . . . . Re: Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures? - jim cosides - Mar 6, 2001
. . . . . . . . . Re: Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures? - Rebecca Hill - Mar 6, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures? - JIM COSIDES - Mar 8, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures? - Brent McCombs - Mar 10, 2001
. . . . . . . . . Re: Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures? - Brent McCombs - Mar 10, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures? - Brian J. Kelly - Mar 11, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures? - Rhodes A. Williams - Mar 11, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures? - jim cosides - Mar 13, 2001
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