[Forgotten Amendments]

I went to school, but I loved movies. I saw “Sergeant York,” the true story of how a pacifist farmer recognized that violent evildoers must be opposed by force, then went on to earn the Medal of Honor.

What an idiot. Alvin York was right when he was a pacifist. The German "evildoers" were no more (and possibly less) evil than the Brits and French. WWI made the world safe for Stalin and Hitler. Glorifying that slaughter is sick.

[stolinsky]

In 1914, Germany extended all the way from Alsace to the Russian border. (See http://www.fsmitha.com/h2/map01eu.htm) But the Kaiser and his backers wanted even more. So they started an aggressive war, including the introduction of poison gas.

As a result, millions died, Germany was much reduced in size, the Bolshevik Revolution occurred, and the stage was set for World War II. If you don’t think that starting an unnecessary war was “evil,” how about “pretty bad” or at least “controversial”? Nobody I know glorifies slaughter. They glorify heroism.