Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Only the guilty need forgiveness. So much for B.D. Colen's contribution to world peace. Allan On Tuesday, February 12, 2002, at 05:08 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > 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. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Allan > Wafkowski > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 3:49 PM > 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. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html