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A gracious apology, Sharku. Like Galpsi, I would disagree strongly with your account of the events of April 1937. However, I agree that it is best that we let this matter drop. I apologize for labelling your genuinely held beliefs as `offensive` in my earlier post. My Celtic blood was simmering nicely when I wrote it. My paternal grandfather, like many young Scots, fought against Franco as a volunteer and he was in Guernica only a day or two after the bombing. If his account is to be believed (my father still has letters he sent home at this time), casualty figures were rather higher than the 226 you mentioned.
Even 60 years later the Second World War is still an open wound for many people. My aforementioned ancestor died during the retreat from Dunkirk in 1940, so I found it difficult to accept what I, perhaps unfairly, considered an apology for Nazi aggression.
Anyway, now that I have cooled down (a morning at work for the Civil Service does that to you), I also promise to leave the subject alone, since the debate can only grow more heated.
No hard feelings, Sharku,
Regards,
Taimar.
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Edited by <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000099>Taimar</A> <IMG SRC=http://www.ezboard.com/ezgfx/gicons/black_ball.gif BORDER=0 WIDTH=10 HEIGHT=10> at: 8/10/00 7:02:47 am