ABARNE,
i understand your points on the horrors or war, but i believe that you are wrong in 'interpreting' Dwight's comments.
i personally do not extrapolate from damaging/destroying plastic to the pain & suffering of flesh & blood soldiers.
this is the armor forum.
we model scale replicas of military vehicles & weapons.
there are some of us who are proponents of certain machines,
and a subset of that group who are detractors of other machines.
probably a further subset who have no opinion one way or the other,
but enjoy tweaking Robert (Shermanfreak) who, i believe, enjoys the ribbing,
and is happy to point out that his favorite, although 'inferior' by many measures,
was an instrument of the victors.
i have not seen much that i would regard as disrespectful to the combatants,
regardless of the flag they fought under, or the aims of the politicians they served.
-- tho i know there are some who might be offended by the 'Klumsy Kraut' banter
abt another dio recently.
(when is a word a slur, and when is it not? ah, now there is a subject that has nothing to do w/ models either)
in any case, i am certain Dwight meant to do nothing more than razz the hardware.
just like if i were to make a crack abt the Hindenburg.
know what i mean?
anywho, i am glad that you have joined the dialogue here.
new voices are welcome, even when i don't necessarily agree.