Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't know either ... but I know one thing is that regardless of what propaganda is doused on me, the knowledge within, could not be easily swayed. On the other hand, masquerading true knowledge and existentialism would no doubt be the key to survival. Likewise, it would be hypocritical of me to be politically correct during present times in walking such a fine line. - --- Allan Wafkowski <allan@sohogurus.net> wrote: > The concept you speak has been called presentism. I > don't know how I > would have acted if I had lived in Germany during > WWII. I would have > been exposed to all of the cultural demons present > at the time. Would I > have rationalized it as many did? I don't know. I > think not, but I don't > know. > > Allan > > > On Saturday, March 9, 2002, at 02:38 PM, Henry Ting > wrote: > > > > There's no doubt in hind-sight, we can all > comfortably > > be politically correct. However, I bet you, during > the > > Nazi era, as a German, it would also be > politically > > correct to be on the side of Nazism. To name a > few, > > the Crusades, The Roman conquest, The Britannia > > empire, The Spanish conquest, Alexander the Great, > and > > the current era of Americana. > > > > We can judge it by history and the "pictorial" > > presentation in archives, but let not loose sight > if > > we were to live in that era, the perception would > be > > totally different. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html