SUPPLEMENTAL EDITION

[wperoundup]

It has come to my attention that Lidice is a reference a little more obscure than the Editor had originally thought. I apologize for any lack of funny it may have caused.

Comments

[jesseh]

filing lawsuit for lack of funny

[mearagrrl]

You and your "first half of the 20th century Czech" obsession. YEEESH.

[wperoundup]

Bit it's the perfect reference. And I swear it's an important event. Just, apparently, not important enough.

[road_to_hell]

It probably gets overshadowed by concentration camps. If you go to someones house and kill them its small news, but if you bring 4 million people to your house and kill them, its slightly bigger.

[wperoundup]

That's part of it. I mean, it does kind of get drowned out--a few hundred people in a war that cost, what, 50 million lives, all told? More?

But at the same time it's the most egregious vengeance killing of the whole war.

[batmoon]

um, DUH. I think you forgot your audience. :)

I do appreciate the link, though! Now I learned something.

[wperoundup]

I genuinely thought it was more well known. I didn't forget my audience, I forgot myself.

[evileconboy]

Did you read that the Marines have cut of Lidice-- I mean, Falluja?

Clearly we've figured out that there is nothing better to win the hearts and minds of the arab world than blanket closures of cities which we will then pummel. Brilliant.