Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hear, hear!! My delete button is getting worn out. Richard >From: "Buzz Hausner" <buzz.hausner@verizon.net> >Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> >Subject: [Leica] Nazi Is as Nazi Does >Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:56:35 -0400 > >I for one grow weary of this endless fine tuning of who was and wasn't a >Nazi. I find it a stupid and vapid argument. Riefenstahl, Speer, Von >Braun, Hanfstaengl...all of them played some role, eager or not, in the >rise of National Socialism and precious little, except for Hanfstaengl, >in its demise. I see no point in arguing on this list over their >individual naiveté, commitment, regret or atonement. Can we not give it >a rest or take it off list? > > Buzz Hausner > >-----Original Message----- >From: lug-bounces+buzz.hausner=verizon.net@leica-users.org >[mailto:lug-bounces+buzz.hausner=verizon.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf >Of Saganich, Christopher/Medical Physics >Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 5:38 PM >To: Leica Users Group >Subject: RE: [Leica] Re:was Riefenstahl now Disneys famous Nazi > >Yes, that's correct. > >He probably wasn't any more or less of a Nazi then Leni, although slave >labor from Dora concentration camp was instrumental in building the >research facilities he administered. > >The point is that a guy like Von Braun, an honorary SS member, can admit >to using slave labor and we don't seem to mind because his relationship >to genocidal maniacs was "complicated", while Leni admits a great >admiration for Hitler and no one can forgive her. > >I guess love is the more heinous crime here. > > >Chris Saganich > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information