Removing the banter for a moment.

One issue is a general respect for the dead - any human dead on the assumption that there was some good in there somewhere.

The other issue might be the 'heat of battle' which might be a number of years later and indeed might be related to a different perception of the other person's point of view or culture.

Some people still refuse to buy Japanese products. People refused to shake hands when they surrendered.

How do you treat someone who has stuffed a comrades penis and testicles in their mouth?

How do you treat someone who has caged his captives in bamboo cages immersed in rivers or swamps?

At some point we buy Japanese products, we go to Kenya on holiday, world leaders wear funny costumes at world summits. At some point we forgive the living. How soon should we forgive the dead?

It is a Christian ethic to salute the fallen even if their deeds be out and out evil in our culture.

All except the SS :mad: :mad: