Arthur Cordell wrote: > See the discussion of this article at > > http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&client=googlet&th=78bb0b6 > e2f5a1e4b&rnum=5 > > and save a lot of back and forth on FW. The writer is a satirist.
Thanks to Arthur for pointing this out. Grim's "satire" is not only not funny, but outright dangerous -- his style is such that the piece will be forwarded (as by Selma on FW-L) and taken at face value abroad. It seems that this effect is intended, so Grim's claim that it's satire is a hypocritical attempt to spread hate incitement and libel under the pretext of entertainment. Next thing you know, someone will claim that Mein Kampf is satire too? At this point in history, it would be most important for people like Mr. Grim to worry about the rise of fascism (not just in the streets but directly in the government) in the US and Israel. Instead, the more fascist they become, the more aggressively they point to Germany, to deflect world attention from their own crimes. M�llemann (the FDP politician who was forced to resign after criticizing Israel) said it right: If there is one lesson of the Nazi era, it is **not to look the other way** when a minority is being persecuted and genocided by fascists. That's what is happening now in Palestine, and guess who wants the world to look the other way, and even attacks those who did learn that lesson? The same ideologues who claim that Germany has not learned that lesson. As you probably know from past postings, I am very critical of the EU and German imperialism, but this criticism must be based on facts, not on a heap of lies and distortions (whether disguised as "satire" or not). Chris
