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Out of all the articles, the article about the R.M.S. Lusitania really interested me the most, since I have always been interested with ships and shipping along with naval architecture and history. I'm glad to finally see something showing both sides of the situation. I like how the Germans weren't just pinned down as immoral, crual, and terrible people who sunk the Lusitania just because it was the enemy ship and because they wanted to kill all those civilians. Yes, there were reasons as to why Captain Schweiger torpedoed the ship, and I can't say that I don't think that the passengers aboard were not properly warned. They were rather foolish in my opinion for travelling across the ocean at that point in time, especially during a war. But of course, civilians were the passengers aboard and they were no soldiers, so the Germans should have at least given them a warning. Nevertheless, I always try to find interesting facts about the situation, and I found it interesting how the article explored the possibility of the British purposely not properly warning Captain Turner so that his ship would be sunk so that the Americans would feel obligated to join the war. As much as I hope that that's not true, there are always tons of hidden skeletons during dark points in history that we can only think and wonder about today.
Sebastian
Sebastian
posted by Anonymous | 8:00 PM
3 Comments:
I also like seeing both sides of the story. When we first learned about the Lusitania I thought that the Germans had already told everyone their intentions and that Americans were risking their lives when they traveled on British ships. I do not believe that the Germans should have fired on a civillian ship but they had already said they would and Americans should have listened and not taken the risk. However, the Germans still shouldn't have fired on a passenger ship.
I somewhat agree with you. It is not fair for the Germans to fire on innocent people. But you can't say that it was wrong for people to travel during such a time. The world doesn't stop moving due to war. We were in Desert Storm, but that didn't stop us from travelling the seas or whatever else. Even with a fair warning it doesn't make it right in the first place.
I agree with you. Its not often you get to see both sides of a story that the U.S. is involved in. We tend to only pay attention to out side. The passengers on the ship knew of the risks. It was their choice to go. The Germans warned them. I don't think they should have fired on a civilian ship but they told everyone they would.
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