Webmaster.

Thank you for your consideration. It is appreciated. I’m sure if we could move to a level playing field things would improve. I believe you have to accept that there are problems among the moderating team as it stands. I have made my opinion clear to you before. This forum is too precious to lose as it is such a fantastic repository of information.

Thank you again for your openness. Let us hope that increasing dialogue can resolve some of the problems the forum currently faces.

Regards,

kev35

Thank you webmaster.

So, to reflect this new spirit of openness and dialogue would you reconsider removing the ban from Robbo while a civil discourse continues which I am sure we would all prefer? This dialogue with you, the Webmaster, is something which we are all no doubt grateful for, and something which was sadly lacking in the past.

Regards,

kev35

Even the civilians Mark? The children and innocents who, along with the guilty were swept away? A nation is nothing without it’s people and I can’t believe it’s people deserved it. Not saying I disagree with the usuage or agree by the way. Just a thought.

Best Regards, Steve

Yes, even the civilians. Neither Britain, the Commonwealth or the United States asked for a war with Japan. Japan wanted war, they got one. Did the Japanese ever show concern for the civilians they encountered? Of course they did. With the women they had to decide whether to rape them before they killed them. With the men they had to decide on whether to use a bullet or bayonet, and that is precisely how far the compassion of the Japanese extended.

As I’ve said previously, my only regret is that it couldn’t have been deployed several years earlier. Do you honestly think the Japanese mindset would have had them prevaricating over the use of the atomic bomb had they built one first? Of course not. They certainly wouldn’t have felt any guilt over it either. Why must we persist in trying to stigmatise those who successfully fought and won a war that shaped the lives we live today?

The use of the atomic bomb effectively ended the war, and saved millions of lives, both from the Nations who would have had to invade and among the Japanese.

I have no feeling of regret that the devices were used. If you, personally, have any doubts, spend a night reliving through nightmares what a prisoner of war of the Japanese endured. I have.

Regards,

kev35

…..However, this is a discussion forum. There is no particular reason why standards of moderation should not be discussed, though I, for one, would now shift this to GD.

Moggy

But that’s been precisely the problem. No explanations will be given, the decision of the moderators is final and it seems irrevocable. Then when people disagree about a standard of moderation the threads have been locked or disappeared. By deleting such posts/threads how can you say that standards of moderation can be discussed? That has not been the case until webmaster has allowed this thread to stay open today.

Move it where you like, but if the Moderators and Webmasters are now open to the idea of listening to those expressing discontent, keep the thread civil and above all, keep it open.

Regards,

kev35

Flood Warnings…..

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=39606

Is the Historic Forum operated and governed on the same basis as GD? Or are there different standards? The thread above clearly shows posters being given more than one warning before being banned.

Unless of course the cynical among us might suggest that a moderator might be lenient to one member because of a perceived previous relationship?

I fully understand that the powers that be will take absolutely no notice of the feelings and opinions of the wider community, but perhaps they should reconsider reinstating Robbo and paying more attention to the root cause of all these problems, an immoderate, self obsessed moderator.

Regards,

kev35

PC or not, here’s my stance.

As far as I am aware, it was the Japanese who launched attacks on Pearl Harbour and Singapore. The Japanese wanted a war, they got one. Before anyone points out to me the total number of Japanese civilians killed by the atomic bombs, I have to declare here, I have as much interest in that as the Japanese Government did when they decided to go to war. The Japanese had no thought for their opponents and treated civilian prisoners just as badly as military ones. An Uncle of mine fought the Japanese and saw how fanatical they were. My Father and another Uncle would have been involved in the fighting on Japan were it not for the dropping of the atomic bombs. The dropping of these weapons stopped the war. In doing so they saved hundreds of thousands of lives, many of them Japanese. They wanted a war, they got a war. Someone, somehow, had to end it. This was probably the best way in terms of casualties, from either Nation.

A tribute? Why not? I have the utmost respect for the men of Bomber Command who bombed German cities including Hamburg and Dresden. It would be hypocritical of me not to have the same respect for the men of all Allied Air Forces who contributed to eventual victory. If I have one criticism over the use of the atomic bomb, then it is that they were not ready for use much earlier, thereby alleviating immense suffering both in Europe and the Pacific.

Regards,

kev35

Ben.

Maybe it’s a part of the British psyche? The way we react to adversity.

Or maybe it’s just because for those of us that knew him, this was Steve. I cannot remember ever meeting him without the hugest of grins on his face. “Hello mate, how you doing?” It wouldn’t be long then before, wherever we were, something would set him off and out would come the humour. It’s impossible not to remember him in this way. He was kind, he was considerate, he had a huge passion for the history of aviation, and he was funny.

I’m sorry you think it’s inappropriate. Like all who knew Steve, our lives are much the poorer for his passing. But I don’t want to remember him with sadness, I want to remember the man who brought true friendship to our lives, and to remember him as I personally knew him, a happy, funny guy who lived life to the full. I have, and will, shed tears for Steve. I’m pretty sure he’d like them to be tears of happiness, not sadness or regret.

Regards,

kev35