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Gnomey · 10-04-2006, 07:59 PM

Agreed Gage. He was being resourceful, why should that be punished. It was a kill or be killed world and he was maximising his chances of surviving, so it was being sneaky, but that is how wars are won, by those who have surprise and catch the enemy unawares which is what he was doing. No he should not and the NZ government shouldn't have to apologise.

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Gnomey Per Ardua Ad Astra Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 2,963	Agreed Gage. He was being resourceful, why should that be punished. It was a kill or be killed world and he was maximising his chances of surviving, so it was being sneaky, but that is how wars are won, by those who have surprise and catch the enemy unawares which is what he was doing. No he should not and the NZ government shouldn't have to apologise. __________________ "Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few" Sir Winston Chuchill, Summer 1940 "To him the people of Britain and the free world owe largely the way of life they enjoy today" Ensciption on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-1940) Statue in London Aircraft of World War 2 Forum - A Warbird Forum