BRANCH: WWII and Star Wars

[Ghap]

Originally Posted by Ronin4hire

You must have boring friends.

Im not going to reply mate sorry..any reply to that sentance would be confrontational...thats not what i was going for...i only gave opinions.

mine!

If you wish to go that way ill make it easy.

Ive got no friends.

[termogard]

Originally Posted by MMM

...... but we are thinking about the loss of innocent life. We cannot accurately guess how many non-military personnel were on DS-1, but I think we can estimate that there were more than zero. A military base does not survive with only military personnel. There need to be cooks, at the least, as well as other off-duty distractions. No one has ever chastised the Rebel Alliance for the mass destruction of the Empire's Death Stars with no discrimination for those that that some were simply innocent individuals at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Ronin pointed out the existance of servants / slaves / droids onboard the Death Star One.
As for "relatively free" cooks and other so-called civil personnel of a military base (vehicle).
They are not innocent people, walking on street of peaceful city. Each so-called *civilian* i.e. cook, electrician, technician of life-support system etc must sign a special contract.
The matter of contract is "to serve a certain system of a military facility under certain conditions". In other words, they are still combatants, not innocent civilians.

[dogsbody70]

forgive my interference shouldn't star wars be separate from the actual world war?


One is fantasy-- the other-- Was a "Happening."

[dogsbody70]

Originally Posted by Ronin4hire

This discussion was born out of my comparison of Star Wars to the way Americans understand WW2.

It has evolved into this.

This is how discussions both on the internet and in real life work.

Now please... if you don't have anything to add then butt out.

ronin4hire You are SOOOOOOO rude.


Usually we have to keep subjects relevant to the title.

Its upsetting to see fantasy brought into the real facts of what happened.

we can all fantasise for ever.

when I asked about AMERICA-- if civilians had been bombed? I was told it was not suitable for THIS thread-- Yet STAR WARS is OKAY!!!

[termogard]

Originally Posted by dogsbody70

forgive my interference shouldn't star wars be separate from the actual world war?


One is fantasy-- the other-- Was a "Happening."

You are absolutely right.

But some members of discussion turned the conversation from reality to fantasy. Well, no problem, we do have counter-arguments.

[Ronin4hire]

Originally Posted by dogsbody70

ronin4hire You are SOOOOOOO rude.


Usually we have to keep subjects relevant to the title.

Its upsetting to see fantasy brought into the real facts of what happened.

we can all fantasise for ever.

when I asked about AMERICA-- if civilians had been bombed? I was told it was not suitable for THIS thread-- Yet STAR WARS is OKAY!!!

Look at the f*cking title of the thread FFS.

[protheus]

I can't see it f...king. I just see the title.

[Ronin4hire]

Originally Posted by termogard

Ronin pointed out the existance of servants / slaves / droids onboard the Death Star One.
As for "relatively free" cooks and other so-called civil personnel of a military base (vehicle).
They are not innocent people, walking on street of peaceful city. Each so-called *civilian* i.e. cook, electrician, technician of life-support system etc must sign a special contract.
The matter of contract is "to serve a certain system of a military facility under certain conditions". In other words, they are still combatants, not innocent civilians.

I don't disagree with your point but I think it's safe to say that there was noone aboard the Death Star apart from military personnel and droids. And that the only other people that might have been on board DS2 were slaves.

I just thought of another point too. Why would the Empire employ contractors to work on such a top secret project? The first star wars movie was all about retrieving and delivering the original's plans to the rebel alliance.

It is also claimed that many Bothan spies died trying to retrieve plans for the second.

You're right though.. the fact that it was a weapon of mass destruction makes anyone that is working for it acceptable collateral.

[termogard]

Originally Posted by Ronin4hire

II just thought of another point too. Why would the Empire employ contractors to work on such a top secret project? The first star wars movie was all about retrieving and delivering the original's plans to the rebel alliance.

Simple logic. I totally agree. And all those talks about "dozen thousands of innocent civilians onboard DS-1" are merely laughable.

[dogsbody70]

Originally Posted by Ronin4hire

Look at the f*cking title of the thread FFS.

yes so why isn't star wars separate-?
Anyway boys have fun and enjoy your games.