Humane Quotes
The Irish generally were not very sympathetic to the abolitionist movement and many saw the Negro as a competitor for jobs. However, the Republicans in Ireland left no doubt where they stood, and they castigated their American Brethren for their pro-slavery position. This particular letter was reprinted by the New England Anti-Slavery Tract Association and was read and appreciated by most abolitionists of both races.
In the midst of the Argentine Dirty War where the right wing government was murdering and torturing their political enemies of the left, most of the Catholic Church Priests and other Church Authorities had sided with the government and morally overlooked their atrocities and crimes against humanity. Others were fearful as Bishop Enrique Angelelli had been murdered by the military death squads in 1976. Bishop Hesayne was one of the few members of the Church hierarchy who criticized church officials for their silence.
At Hamburg Harris organized a massive fire bombing of the German industrial city and the fire storm was so great that it sucked the oxygen out from huge sections of the city and thousands of people were roasted alive. Even with 100,000 Germans killed, Harris was convinced that it was a relatively humane way of waging a necessary war when compared to the classic artillery barrage followed by invading soldiers and street to street fighting.
