02-23-2009, 12:52 AM
ham Wrote:For your information 1755 takes place AFTER the English had received formal possession of Canada.
Governor Lawrence's proclamation may 14, 1756 offered 30 pounds reward for every scalp.
M. le Jambon
Your words, not mine. At the time Canada was Quebec and parts west ergo my clarification.
My point is simply that war is hell and applying 21st century morality to 18th century conflict will never be productive. While I do feel for the plight of Acadians they are in no way unique.
I used to read books on the brutality faced by my second cousins in thr former Volga German Republic. The deliberate starvation, senseless executions, and deportations to Siberia in the dead of winter which killed well over half of them really enraged me. I did get over it. I simply stopped reading those books.