Bad Taste? Morality?

[Lee W]

I say get on with it! Who cares what other people think, your work your decisions on how to do it. War sucks, it's violent, its bloody and gory, oh it has a swastika, oh hes had an arm blown off not even today's society can change or cancel history, that s*%t happened, the quicker people wake up to it and deal with it the better!
It same goes for Farcebook, you don't like a picture, video or someone's opinion... pull up your big boy/ girl pants and keep scrolling!

[mog]

Not taking sides on this one, I had 28 years of service good days and bad, But I have agree with Ian on this, we must keep our ability to express our builds as we the builder see them. Military painting have depicted the horror of battle for a long time, Nelson shot on the quarterdeck, painting by Denis Dighton, 1825 for example. A battlefield or conflict area is not PC , we go to war to kill our fellow man, Dave you build this the way you see it, hate it or love it you have no control over what others think. As the old saying goes “There are certain rules about a war, rule number 1 young men die, rule number 2 you can’t change rule number 1”

[Gern]

As the old saying goes “There are certain rules about a war, rule number 1 young men die, rule number 2 you can’t change rule number 1”

Was that Henry Blake?

[Airborne01]

In Military Illustrated Modeller this month (Issue 134) there is an excellent diorama that perfectly illustrates this paradox. It depicts a solitary concentration camp inmate embracing a GI near the entrance to the camp. It's entitled 'Freedom's Embrace' and is wonderfully executed and evocative. Worth a view!
Steve

[mog]

Was that Henry Blake?

yes it was used in MASH , but the saying has been around for years

[Gern]

I thought it sounded familiar.

[Tim Marlow]

In Military Illustrated Modeller this month (Issue 134) there is an excellent diorama that perfectly illustrates this paradox. It depicts a solitary concentration camp inmate embracing a GI near the entrance to the camp. It's entitled 'Freedom's Embrace' and is wonderfully executed and evocative. Worth a view!
Steve

I remember a similar themed superb dio on the old military modelling site by, I think, Simon Hammerton. It was just a single railway boxcar surrounded by the detritus of a concentration camp transport. Like all true horror it works best because it used your imagination rather than overt imagery.

[Tim Marlow]

yes it was used in MASH , but the saying has been around for years [ATTACH]465791[/ATTACH]

God I miss that program. Some episodes were perfection and just stay in the mind.
I remember the Sherman Potter quote in a similar vein….when asked which of the four wars he had served in was the worst, he just said “all of them”.

The black and white episode with character interviews by a real life war correspondent was genius!