Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/12

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Salgado Revisted
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 17:08:52 -0500

Well good for you, Allan. Congratulations on long ago having forgiven the
Nazis. But then that doesn't surprise me for a number of reasons.

No, I will never "forgive" nor forget the Nazis, and by Nazis I mean those
who willingly joined the party, and those who supported the aims of the
party. Nor for that matter, will I ever "forgive" or forget Stalin, Pol Pot,
or any of the other first rate monsters of the 20th Century.


B. D.

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Wafkowski
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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: [Leica] Re: Salgado Revisted


I don't share your hatred for Nazis. Being Polish, I had a number of
relatives who died at the hands of the Nazis. I have long ago forgiven
them. How can you talk about compassion when you cannot rise from the
cinders of your own hatred? You say you feel for the poor, the naked,
the sick, the homeless--but that is only a fantasy. Where are the poor,
naked, sick, and homeless close enough to you that you can reach out and
offer solace? Only in your mind. I'll believe you are a man of
compassion when you do the one thing that is in your power to do:
forgive the Nazis--forgive those you hate.

It does not matter whether you are a radical or liberal or conservative
or reactionary (and who is not) if you do nothing.

Allan


On Tuesday, February 12, 2002, at 01:33 PM, B. D. Colen wrote:

> That said, the fact that you would even think to compare Salgado, who,
> as an
> aside, I assume is a socialist, but who's prime motivating factor seems
> to
> be his desire to wake up those in the developed world to the plight of
> those
> less fortunate, with a supporter and propagandist for Aldoph Hitler and
> the
> genocidal Nazi regime, says far, far more about you than it does about
> either Salgado or dear Leni.

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