GRGR(28): Hund-Stadt
Paul Mackin
pmackin at clark.net
Thu Jun 1 09:12:48 CDT 2000
On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Jeremy Osner wrote:
> The line, "... no one could bring himself to destroy the houses and
> shops" (p. 614), didn't quite ring true to me; I mean that's what an
> army's all about, right, destroying houses and shops? Whence the
> compassion?
Maybe they didn't want to waste the ammo and grenades when no one was
using the buildings anyway. But no it doesn't sound right the way
written.
P.
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