To be fair, I omitted another thesis which on reflection actually seems more likely: a vilification of the victors qua victors. It seems that all else being equ

To be fair, I omitted another thesis which on reflection actually seems more likely: a vilification of the victors qua victors. It seems that all else being equal, we will condemn one murderous conqeusting people while exculpating another, simply because the former triumphed over the latter.