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Re:Ancient Romans depicted Huns as barbarians – their bones ... by dpark on Thursday March 23, 2017 @11:14AM (#13940430)
> If any nation today had the ability to slaughter their enemies, they would.

This is untrue. Most citizens don't have the stomach for total war or civilian massacre. It's not considered acceptable or moral by most people. There was no lack of ability constraining the US from carpet bombing everything habitable in Afghanistan after 9/11, but relatively few people were advocating for that.

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Re:Ancient Romans depicted Huns as barbarians – their bones ... by Spooky23 on Thursday March 23, 2017 @11:49AM (#13940834)
They don't need to. Ancient people were no more or less moral than we are today.

Only the people running the tribe matter, whether that be a bronze age war band or a modern army. The fact that only a few people advocated the bombing you described doesn't change the fact that bombs were dropped.

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Re:Ancient Romans depicted Huns as barbarians – their bones ... by dpark on Thursday March 23, 2017 @02:35PM (#13942711)
It matters when the leaders are elected.
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