Posted on 03/26/2008 1:49:18 PM PDT by xsysmgr
Adolf Hitler realized the importance of having a good press. In Nazi Germany with its press censorship, it was easy for Hitler to have a good press. However, during the 1930s the Nazis also tried to control the media in the neighboring European countries that Hitler was planning to invade. The Nazis bullied the democratically elected governments in these countries to censor everything that resembled what today might be called "Naziphobia" — criticism of Nazism.
Interestingly, the bullied governments gave in to the Nazi intimidation rather than back the few courageous individuals who spoke out against totalitarianism. In the late 1930s, SS Gen. Karl Gebhardt (a medical doctor who was hanged after the war for conducting "experiments" on humans) frequently paid visits to his friend, King Leopold III of Belgium, to complain about "German-unfriendly remarks" in the Belgian press. King Leopold asked Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium's leading politician at the time, to forbid "anti-German" references in the Belgian media and ban non-Belgian papers that were critical of Hitler and his regime.
Spaak, who after the war became one of the founding fathers of the European Union, urged his colleagues in the government "to consider the possible consequences of the press campaigns against Germany." The ministers were also under pressure from Viscount Davignon, the Belgian ambassador to Berlin, who looked upon them as "cowards" because they did not "dare to impose censorship." Belgium gave in to the Nazi demands and banned "anti-German and unpatriotic publications," including foreign papers such as the British Daily Express.
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Today, we are witnessing a similar phenomenon. Islamist extremists want a good press. They do not tolerate criticism. Even cartoons are deemed offensive. They warn those who criticize them "to consider the possible consequences."
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(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
This whole article could also substitute "Black Nationalists" (aka the Rev. Bullfrogs) for Germany and the "Typical White People"( for countries) who are silenced with PC...and the rest of the story would stand.
Be aware, sheeple. Be aware and be afraid...
“Never again” is being reformed into “Again and again”.
ISLAMIC TERRORIST = LIBERAL DEMOCRATS FRIEND
psttt Fitna is there, it’s all over the news everywere hehehe.
psttt Fitna is there, it’s all over the news everywere hehehe.
“It’s here, it’s there, it’s everywhere, that damned elusive Scarlet Fitna.”
Islam, behold the power of the grid!
I just watched Fitna, outstanding!
It’s a great starter, but he made a few minor mistakes and he is getting sued by the Danish cartonist and they included a wrong photo of the killer of Theo van Gogh, the photo is a rapper who looks like him so he is sueing too. And LiveLeak removed it, but it’s all over the peer-to-peer networks so no stopping it.
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