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No, the reply was intended for Andy N/T

Posted by Tony on Fri Sep 06, 2002 09:12:54 AM

In reply top Re: Why the petty sarcasm? posted by Gregory on Fri Sep 06, 2002 07:56:10 AM

: Your message appears in reply to mine, but is addressed to
: Andy, so I am uncertain whether I am accused of "petty sa
: rcasm" or not. I case I am, I thought that anyone who read
: the word "joke" would understand that the first part of t
: he posting was made tongue in cheek. I hope I wasn't wrong
: .
:
: The second part was more serious. I don't think that Germa
: ny and Poland are in a position to question each other's r
: ecord on human rights. Despite the current glorification o
: f the Nazi war machine, the atrocities perpetrated on Poli
: sh soil are a matter of historical record - I believe that
: Halibags are dear to the Polish soul because of their rol
: e in supplying Warsaw during the 1944 revolt. And we shall
: not mention a number of very emotional Polish place names
: . The scale of what happende there in 1939-45 certainly ou
: tweighs anything which happened after 1945.
:
: Similarly, unquestioning acceptance of German claims to th
: e Krakow collections (which, BTW, was NOT what Andy Saunde
: rs was discussing) might make an interesting precedent for
: the repatriation of a certain CR.42 and Black 6 from Hend
: on, a certain Macchi C.200 from Washington, even a certain
: LVG from Shuttleworth perhaps? Obviously I would not be a
: gainst a certain G.50 retracing its steps from Zagreb to T
: urin, but if the price were the return of the only WW1 Aus
: tro-Hungarian flying boat to Austria, well, then the price
: is too step.
:
: To sum it up.
: If I read Andy correctly, he's complaining about German cl
: aims to unrecovered wrecks - very much in the US Navy styl
: e so often lamented on this board. I think he has a point.
:
: Tony is supporting the efforts of a certain Prof. Dr. Dr.
: to retrieve the prewar collection of the DLS, by means of
: trade, barter, sale or whatever. Which sits fine with me,
: as long as it is clear that (a) it is a bilateral, negotia
: ted solution, (b) it does not impinge on my efforts to rec
: over certain airframes in Italy, Russia or North Africa an
: d (c) it is unrelated to Andy's complaint.
:
: I welcome criticism of my opinions, but I also appreciate
: careful reading of my words before lashing out. In any cas
: e, I apologise for boring you with the law of unexpected o
: utcomes.
:
: Gregory
:
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