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The Sweet Success of Revenge, Part II

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If you read through the entirety of my first post with the same title, then you will be well aware of me stipulating that there is a right way and a wrong way to go about things.  The  Czechoslovakian Nurse who slept with German soldiers in order to knowingly give them STD's, in my opinion, did things the wrong way.  It's sloppy, tactless, and is just plain mean spirited revenge; especially when there's a better way to stick it to the man, so to speak.  She could have been doing SO much more with her time and efforts to actually help others.  Case in point, Agent Rose. This is an example of someone who should be honoured for her tactics during WWII AndrĂ©e Virot (later Peel), better known as Agent Rose, in her determintation to 'stick it to the man', actually did choose a better route than the now honoured STD giving nurse.  After France was occupied in 1940, Virot, joined the French resistance movement.  She circulated an underground newspa...

The Sweet Success of Revenge

This unsettling story came to my attention today;   A Heroic World War II Nurse Is Finally Being Honored For Intentionally Giving STDs To Nazi Patients . I understand that WWII was a different time, that some things done were not considered taboo; in example the bombs on Japan as well as a story like this.  I also understand the adage, 'All is fair in love and war'.  Only I've never really agreed with either. One might call me a Nazi sympathizer; I wouldn't be surprised if they did, considering I've been called a Southern sympathizer (as in routing for ole Johnny Reb; the American Civil War.)  Really, I just like the facts, while also allowing for the grey area's that most certainly make up the life of the human race, which in both 'sympathizer' aspects, are, in fact, true and not mere human emotion playing make believe. And just as one can be referred to as a Nazi or Southern sympathizer, depending upon the group, one can also be called a Haulocost ...