Posted on 05/10/2005 6:23:48 PM PDT by M. Espinola
I agree with you. The point is not empty guilt for the past, but change for the future.
It would be easier to credit German (and European) annoyance at Holocaust memory if anti-Semitic acts and press, demonization of Israel, support for Palestinian terror and incitement, were not at an all time new high since WWII.
Also what about the current genocide in Sudan? Europe not only ignores it but obstructs help.
Thus it appears that no number of memorials has had an impact on the German and European psyche which once again takes an expedient position towards Jews. This time in the name of Muslim appeasement and financial reward.
Please see my post #11. The last time I dealt with WW2 bombing, I was savaged on this web. I stayed off for a week,about a month ago.
Something tells me I should now hold my peace. I will post no more on this subject,following this quote. They know whom this riposte is for- not you. Only the fact that we were told in the war, that the Germans started the civilian bombing, and NOW known that it was LIES. (Re: Wilhelmshafen,German port. Sept 4th 1939) - gives me the unwise decision to post again.
"Always remember others may hate you,but those who hate you don't win,unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself".
Richard Milhouse Nixon.
You said very wise words!!!
In addition, where is the world's demand to see Russia, Japan, China, etc.. live up to their own obligations to recognize their own crimes against humanity??
Do we hold these other nations to the same standard?
What I would like to see Germany (and germans) do, is simply what has been done.. acknowledge their past..
I would also like to see Germany (the state) more involved, in a leadership role, in the issue of Human Rights..
I would suggest that a true reparation for historical wrongs would be a dedication to the principles of Human Rights, the Right to Life, and other such principles and their promotion throughout the world..
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Ping.
Many countries (pretty much every country) has racist pasts,Germany had th Holocaust and others had slavery. The most important thing is to recognise the past and demand that the future be different.
I predict that if we keep following the path of the second treaty of Versailles, we get to see it again.
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