----- Original Message ----- From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 4:01 PM Subject: Re: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)
> At 15:34 17-03-03 -0600, Dan Minette wrote: > > > > No, spoken like someone who knows that with most people in such a > > > situation, their survival instinct kicks in and takes over. > > > >But, Gautam provided plenty of counterexamples in other countries where > >the Nazis attacked. Examples where people's lives were saved > > Note that I said "most people", not "all people". Sure, there were people > who risked their lives back then to help others, but as a percentage of the > total population, that was a relatively small group. > > > > > So, in your opinion, all those Europeans who *didn't* hide Jews or > > > helped them get out of Europe during WW2 were collaborating with the > > > Nazis. Your insults just never end, do they? > > > >No, just cowards. That's pretty well the definition, not willing to take > >even a moderate risk to oneself to prevent great harm to another? > > You call getting yourself and your family killed or sent to a > concentration/death camp "a moderate risk"? Yikes... How many non-Jews were sent to concentration camps for helping the Jews? How many were put to death? If I read Gautam right, many people did fight the Holocaust with relatively minimal risk. > > > So, why haven't you signed up for military service so you can actively > > > help liberate the Iraqi people from their current dictator? After all, > > > following your logic, your lack of real action makes you a > > > collaborator with the Iraqi regime... > > > >He's clearly willing to take a lot more risk than you are. He is at risk > >for this action. > > What risk would that be? The only action he is involved in is posting > Bush-regime propaganda to a mailing list; what risks he is exposing himself > to by doing that (other than having his arguments shot to barrels time and > time again)? He lives in the DC area. > Absolutely not. Anyone who puts his life at risk for a cause they believe > in has my respect -- even when that cause itself is questionable. However, > JDG mentioned Gautam being willing to risk his life, but I don't see either > of them do anything that comes even close to that. I think Gautam stated that he is color blind on the list. I don't think it is out of turn to say that he found out when he was exploring how he could serve his country. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
