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TIL that in order to avoid having to surrender to the Soviets, the German commander of Bornholm tried to get a single British soldier transferred to the island to surrender to (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Hubi@feddit.de to c/til@lemmy.ca

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[–] Lichtblitz@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Revenge and justice are two separate things and only one of those brings humanity forward. The whataboutism is pretty dangerous when it comes to justifying the former.