Text 1759, 73 rader
Skriven 2009-12-16 20:03:02 av Lee Lofaso (3:800/432.0)
   Kommentar till text 1724 av Michiel Van Der Vlist (2:280/5555)
Ärende: Demjanjuk
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Hello Michiel,

>RB>I figure Demjanjuk is a scapegoat for people who still want to see
>RB>some kind of retribution, but they're not really after him, but only
>RB>what he symbolizes.

MVDV>Perhaps. But I do not see much room for this ending to
MVDV>anyone's satisfaction. He may die before the trial is
MVDV>completed. Does that give satisfaction to anyone? Or worse,
MVDV>he may be aquitted for lack of evidence. And then we may
MVDV>see him walk. Lirerally..

MVDV>Even if he gets convicted, how long can they put him in prison?

More likely a nursing home.  Or a hospice.  Assuming he survives
the trial.

MVDV>You said it: these trials should have been held 20-40 years
MVDV>ago. Now it is too late. Even if it serves to give
MVDV>retribution for what he symbolises, what can we possibly to
MVDV>to this old man that will compensate the wrongs that have
MVDV>been done?

There can be no cloture when it comes to genocide.  "Never forget!"
has been the battlecry for Jews ever since the end of WWII.  And that
is truly sad, for the Jewish people have contributed greatly to the
world over the centuries, and continue to do so today.

MVDV>This stone should have been left unturned. Digging up the
MVDV>past now does more harm than good.

By presenting themselves as "perpetual victims", the Jewish
people are doing themselves a disservice.  Better to build for
the future than blaming others for the past.

Everybody likes to blame Adolf Hitler, the Nazis, and the German
people for what happened to the Jews before, during, and after WWII.
But in reality the entire world is to blame.  Including the Jews.
Remember, some 11 million people were sent to an early death by
the Nazis.  Not just 6 million Jews.  And of those Jews, almost
all were European Jews.  What about Jews in the Middle East?
What about Jews in the Americas?  What about Jews in Asia?  Or
the Jews in Australia and New Zealand?

Hitler did not hate the Jews.  At first, he tried to send them
away.  But no other country would take them.  Including the USA.
England not only refused to take them in, but also tried to keep
them out of Palestine.

Hitler's philosophy of national socialism was a philosophy of hate.
And any philosophy of hate needs a scapegoat in order to succeed.
Hitler used the Jews as a scapegoat in order to get what he wanted.
Communists and Jews.  The two groups of misfits in Germany most
convenient to be made scapegoats.  Didn't matter if the accused
were really Communists or Jews.  Blacks, dinks, queers, and others
also made for convenient scapegoats.

Most Germans were unaware of what had happened to their neighbors.
Especially their Jewish neighbors.  They most likely assumed their
Jewish neighbors had emigrated to Palestine.  Only after the war
did they find out what really happened.

It is time to quit blaming Germans for what happened over 65
years ago.  It is time to build for the future, rather than blaming
others for the past, and to recognize our own failures.

--Lee


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