jackx -> RE: Least Fascinating War/Most Fascinating War (7/24/2009 10:11:45 PM)
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Nothing's wrong with that. What went wrong, though, is that a thread asking about personal interest turned into arguments for general interest, which in turn led to people feeling they're being attacked for their personal opinion. :x The TV thesis for WW2 predominance sounds likely when it comes to general appeal, but does little to explain why WW2 does so little for me in terms of personal and emotional involvement. For me, WW1 symbolizes the tragedy of war much more than WW2, but I can't point to any precise reason for that. I did try to provide some reason as to why I find the 18th century, and particularly its military aspects, so intrigueing - it's so full of contradictions, and still so much more different from a modern world in so many ways, but I offered that purely as an explanation, not as justification... Edit: Thanks for the edit, Osprey - since I like my (oh so clever :P) choice of words for the first part of my post, I'll now have to mention that you asked what was wrong with not finding WW1 interesting. ;)
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