Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And look at our country, the USA, where only about 30% vote, and politicians prefer it that way. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-424-0897 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! On 4/2/10 1:31 PM, "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> wrote: > It shows the importance of voting: > > the majority of Germans didn't even bother to vote - they were heartily > sick of the constantly changing governments in the Weimar Republic. > > As soon as Hitler got into power, it was too late. University professors > and students (and almost anyone else with culture or intelligence) were > among the first to get it in the neck. > > Douglas > > On 02.04.2010 19:16, Robert Meier wrote: >> Hitler got less than 44% of the vote in 1933, >> >> On Apr 2, 2010, at 12:13 PM, Chris Crawford wrote: >> >>> The universities are small worlds. Just because no one at Berkeley >>> voted for >>> Reagan doesn't mean no one in the stae voted for him. The people you >>> knew >>> probably told the truth, they probably didn't vote for Reagan, but >>> enough >>> people outside the University of California did so to over-ride the >>> college >>> peoples' votes. >>> >>> Same with the Germans and Hitler. Enough people voted for him to put >>> him in >>> power, but that doesn't mean anyone in the universities voted for him. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Chris Crawford >>> Fine Art Photography >>> Fort Wayne, Indiana >>> 260-424-0897 >>> >>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >>> >>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! >>> >>> >>> >>> On 4/2/10 1:04 PM, "Steve Barbour" <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On Apr 2, 2010, at 9:58 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: >>>> >>>>> I will be 80 this summer. In my 50s I taught graduate courses in a >>>>> German >>>>> University. But I never found anyone my own age or older who was a >>>>> member of >>>>> the Nazi party or was sympathetic to Hitler's aims. Most of my >>>>> students, in >>>>> their 20s, were totally unaware of the inhuman behavior of the >>>>> Nazis toward >>>>> Jews and other minorities. Of those older people who served in the >>>>> military, >>>>> many said that they did so under protest and claim never to have >>>>> fired a >>>>> shot in anger. As for the concentration camps, most denied knowing >>>>> of their >>>>> existence. This was denial at an almost psychopathic level. Hitler >>>>> must have >>>>> governed a country full of phantoms. Obviously there were no people in >>>>> Germany. >>>> >>>> >>>> funny how that works... >>>> >>>> in the sixties I worked at University California Berkeley...never >>>> met anyone >>>> who voted for Reagan to be Governor of California.. >>>> >>>> in spite of that he won convincingly, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Steve >>>> >>>> >>>>> Larry Z >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information