I don't think you need a genocide in your racial memory to say the Holocaust was wrong. I was actually talking about the indians when I said it was intellectual for me, as opposed to Churchill, who is Cherokee. But I suppose the same applies. I do think it's *more* wrong to deliberately and systematically hunt people down, strip them of their valuables as if on a conveyer belt, and then kill them than it is to just shrug your shoulders and refuse to accept aid for them, as the british did to ireland. But it's not a contest and what can I say, the potato famine pisses me off a bit more. I suppose it's only human to get more upset about family members being killed than strangers. But I would never tell anyone to stop whining about genocide :) What kind of people do you talk to that you would think such a thing? My God. I'll take the rest of that as an apology and accept it.
On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 21:52:24 -0800, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So you mention the famine when we talk about Jews as a way of saying > me too, or I feel your pain. That's fine. It's the way you throw it > out that I kept feeling you were saying "stop whining it happened to > my people too" or the holocaust was nothing compared to the famine. > Now don't go nutzo on me, it's hard to read your intentions when I > can't see your facial expression or hear your tone of voice. It was > the timing in both cases that made we wonder. I'm sorry but glad I > misread you. > > Now for Soc's, that old whino from Greece. > > "realize that he also said that he felt he had to drink the hemlock > because he had lived as a citizen of Athens and therefore should live > by the law of Athens." > Wow that's veeeery veery deeeeep. Did you hurt your brain thinking > that much? I need to rest my head just thinking about it.... > > That's better. > > Like I said it was ten years ago but what I remember from it was his > desire to find the perfect government but he failed. He felt democracy > was the best system but it was flawed. His agreeing to the death > sentence was not due to his thinking "well I live here so gotta do > what they say", he felt they were the best laws available and > respected them. The flaws in democracy are that people that know > nothing about politics can choose politicians. Yet the people that > voted him to death were politicians and they were qualified. He > respected their decision. (Although they were voted in by unqualified > people....) Anyway, he wasn't falling in line like a good little > soldier following orders. He respected an order decided by a method he > had approved of. If he was ordered to murder five random people or > something else that didn't make sense I'm sure he would have refused. > > Anyway, I was in jury duty way back and reading another of Plato's > books, can't remember which one. I was 3/4 through and this old > English ( 800 :) teacher sitting next to me said "isn't it like > listening to a bunch of old farts sitting around with a few gallons of > wine arguing about nonsense". I said "no way" but couldn't read > anymore without thinking she had a point. Ruined me she did. > > On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 15:32:01 -0700, Dana wrote: > > a bunch of nonsense that the line monster gobbled > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:146017 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
