(As an aside, I think everybody here should read Slaughterhouse Five.)
mpgsheep: fuzzy lives within 5 miles of Washington D.C., and I live within 10 miles of it.
I don't know who, if anyone, lives near NYC.
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I agree with mpgsheep about the WWII thing. In the minds of the people who were gloating (and who, might I remind you, represented a MINORITY of people in the area), things are no different. And until one of you goes there and changes all of those peoples' minds, there is nothing you can do about it. Don't blame them for disagreeing with you.
For instance, the firebombing of Dresden in World War II was, in the minds of those people present, a terrorist act. This was a CIVILIAN city, one of the oldest cities in Germany. There was no military target there. Instead, there was a rich cultural and artistic history.
And we bombed them. For no reason.
There are definitely other events like this in history, perpetrated by most countries. The Holocaust springs to mind when talking about WWII, and I am not trying to downplay that at all.
Even though in one person's mind, two things may have nothing to do with each other, they may be perfectly linked in another person's mind. This is part of the whole "Each person is entitled to an opinion" thing. It is our duty to respect that.
And there might well be similar thoughts among people in the countries where people were shown dancing.
Be glad we can openly discuss these things.
I understand that, to you, it makes a difference.
But to me and mpgsheep (and a few other people here), it doesn't.