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Flintlock63

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    Flintlock63 got a reaction from BluecherForward in Any Chance for a New Afrikakorps game?   
    Could not agree more. I still have memories of playing the old Avalon Hill Tobruk  game which introduced me into the details of armored combat and weapons. Not to mention this game system really does vehicles and guns the best I have ever seen. 
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    Flintlock63 reacted to Aragorn2002 in Any Chance for a New Afrikakorps game?   
    And the best thing is they are working on an eastern front module, starting with the Russian-Japanese war of 1939.
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    Flintlock63 reacted to Majick in Interview of a Waffen SS Soldier   
    It's not about you being offended or not.  It's about first society and then the state shutting down those that offend you. And burning books that offend you etc etc.  In a free society I have as much right to offend you as you have to be offended. 
    Personally I don't see a distinction between facism and communism, to me they are both totalitarian extremes of socialism.  I hope that doesn't offend 😉
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    Flintlock63 reacted to Majick in Interview of a Waffen SS Soldier   
    I'd refer you all to Jordan Petersons various works and videos on this subject (most of which is on Youtube). In short, I think he would say that you can't hope to understand the moral issues until you face up with honesty to how you yourself might behave in the same circumstances.
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    Flintlock63 reacted to aus3620 in Interview of a Waffen SS Soldier   
    I would caution against being too critical or morally aloof from the rank and file axis citizens of the time.  IMHO the lesson of this time is that even a good, hard working, intelligent, largely Christian population can be swept up in the emotion and propaganda of the day to commit acts, in good faith, that are unacceptable to today's western liberal world - although the western world cannot claim innocence in this regard.  This chap was 17-19 years old, his worldview would have been one not too dissimilar to our own at such an age re defending country and folk. 
    If you are interested in examining the motivations of ordinary people in extraordinary situations in WW2, have a look at:
    Ordinary Men by Christopher R. Browning
    In our age, most people seem unable to push against the power of "Political Correctness", let alone the over-whelming power of the Nazi's on the average citizen.    
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    Flintlock63 got a reaction from Pete Wenman in A special thanks to John of Battlefront Games   
    yep same here. Got every game reinstalled and working
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