[dylan604]

>Don't get me wrong, the Germans had it coming,

See, now there you go, giving in to the same logic you're trying to make fun of in the first sentence. Saying all Germans is like saying all Ukrainians welcome being annexed by Russia. Some probably went along because it seemed at the time the easiest way from receiving bullets into parts of their anatomy even if they didn't actually like it.

[john_the_writer]

Yep. Grand-dad had a choice. They shoot him, his wife and kids, or he accepts being drafted.

[missedthecue]

The germans would execute the children of draft dodgers? Really?

[nautilius]

I called out the euphemism that hid an atrocity - not clear where you think I am doing that here?

[maxbond]

You used a different euphemism ("they had it coming") which also serves as atrocity apologia. Which I think goes to show how slippery the myths of violence in our society are, how even when making a conscious effort to recognize and name them they can get away from us. In the same way "industrial workers" can be used to dehumanize and to justify the unjustifiable, "people who had to coming" seeks to put all Germans in the same box and then judge each of them by the worst actions of any of them, in order to sentence them to death.

I appreciate your comments.