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Originally Posted by Livia

I remember a thread not too long ago about a Polish man who was jailed for his work in Auschwitz. A lot of opinion thought he should be allowed to live out his life regardless of the awful things in which he collaborated. When does that abdication of responsibility come in, exactly? How much time has to pass before something ceases to get headlines?

The difference there is most people atleast had sympathy with the victims in that case, what I seem to be reading here is alot of excuses as to why it was OK for the British Army to kill Irish people because the IRA existed