iaamoac wrote: > Whenever I walk by there, I can't help but be astonished that it was > *only* 60 years ago - and yet it seems so absolutely unthinkable > today. Sure we can all talk about technological development over > the last century, but our ethical development is almost as awe- > inspiring - compared to ethical development over the previous range > of human history.
I was just thinking along those lines myself, with how in WWII, cites seemed to be routinely targeted (ie: London bombings, Dresden firebombing, Hiroshima, etc), while most people today would be horrified by such targetting of civilians. I wonder though if this is an ethical/moral evolution to the feeling that civilians (even enemy ones) are non-combatant and should not be targeted, or is it just that recent wars just have not been desperate enough to change our opinion. -bryon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
