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

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Salgado Revisted
From: Allan Wafkowski <allan@sohogurus.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 19:48:38 -0500

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.
>
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