Nemesis

[sonak]

It's war. Contrary to populair believe, there are no good guys in a war. Horrors are commited by both sides, and what can look like the 'good guy' can be something completely different. THAT'S the general idea behind this episode.

there are no good guys in war? Tell that to Blacks liberated by Union soldiers, or concentration camp prisoners liberated by Allied armies. "Both sides do bad things" isn't equal to "there are no good guys in war."

What Lynx said, is basicly correct. To many levels of evil in war. Those some soldiers you mention, also commited terrible acts of violence and horrors to liberate those you mentioned. War is not right or wrong, black or white, light or dark. It's everything in between that.

er, but that's not what I was responding to. "There ARE NO GOOD GUYS in war" is very different than saying "both sides do some bad things, and war is complex." The latter is pretty obviously true, but the former is very wrong.

 

[wolf123450]

It also goes along with the fact that the winners write history. Whoever wins labels themselves as the good guy, bad deeds are covered up or get painted pretty. For example both sides in the Civil war saw themselves as the good guys, while both actually did some pretty atrocious things. Who is generally held to be the "good" side? Those who won.

This also reminds me of the episode "Living witness." What was seen in that episode 700 years later was a major distortion of the facts. It just goes to show that you can't trust everything you read in a history book...

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

This also reminds me of the episode "Living witness." What was seen in that episode 700 years later was a major distortion of the facts. It just goes to show that you can't trust everything you read in a history book...

And often the fiction is prettier..