Comments on: Representing horrorism http://airminded.org/2009/08/07/representing-horrorism/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:35:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ricardo Reis http://airminded.org/2009/08/07/representing-horrorism/comment-page-1/#comment-109783 Ricardo Reis Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:45:35 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=2315#comment-109783 :) I retreat and await :) :)

I retreat and await :)

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2009/08/07/representing-horrorism/comment-page-1/#comment-109771 Brett Holman Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:30:51 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=2315#comment-109771 Firstly, sssh! I didn't mention Venice because I'm planning on writing a post on it for the 160th anniversary. Secondly, I agree it was the first aerial bombing of civilians in a technical sense (the best kind), but it was one which didn't set a precedent. The next instance didn't come until over 60 years later and it wasn't by unmanned balloon. So Adrianople was more significant, and more representative, in my opinion. Firstly, sssh! I didn’t mention Venice because I’m planning on writing a post on it for the 160th anniversary. Secondly, I agree it was the first aerial bombing of civilians in a technical sense (the best kind), but it was one which didn’t set a precedent. The next instance didn’t come until over 60 years later and it wasn’t by unmanned balloon. So Adrianople was more significant, and more representative, in my opinion.

]]> By: Ricardo Reis http://airminded.org/2009/08/07/representing-horrorism/comment-page-1/#comment-109361 Ricardo Reis Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:42:03 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=2315#comment-109361 "in this story", I mean, in this all affair of being air bombed and it's repercussions in the press and after, when historians pick their events to illustrate their points of view on the hows and whys... “in this story”, I mean, in this all affair of being air bombed and it’s repercussions in the press and after, when historians pick their events to illustrate their points of view on the hows and whys…

]]> By: Ricardo Reis http://airminded.org/2009/08/07/representing-horrorism/comment-page-1/#comment-109360 Ricardo Reis Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:39:58 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=2315#comment-109360 I would argue that the first attempt of aerial bombing was in Aug. 22, 1849, when Austria tried to balloon bomb Venice. see http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/July-August-08/On-this-Day--Austria-Rains-Balloon-Bombs-on-Venice.html I wonder in this story how much depends on being able to identify oneself with the victims... I would argue that the first attempt of aerial bombing was in Aug. 22, 1849, when Austria tried to balloon bomb Venice.

see http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/July-August-08/On-this-Day–Austria-Rains-Balloon-Bombs-on-Venice.html

I wonder in this story how much depends on being able to identify oneself with the victims…

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