Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leni Riefenstahl has died at age 101
From: Marc James Small <msmall@infionline.net>
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 20:30:28 -0400

At 04:37 PM 9/9/03 EDT, Afterswift@aol.com wrote:

>In short order he turned that democracy into a hideous dictatorship, 
>organizing a private army, the SS, to keep the upper class dissidents in
line, and 
>execute his racial policies. All the German institutions acquiesced
because he 
>doled out goodies to them. Military contracts to the industrialists, Fascist 
>security to the workers. He enlarged the army to further reduce
unemployment. 
>Then he had to use the army before it disintegrated from hanging around.
The debt 
>was piling up so only expansionism could save the Nazis. And the wild goose 
>step chase was on. He invented enemies internally (the European Jewish 
>communities who were helpless) and he fed capitalist fears externally by
launching a 
>holy war against communism. He created a Fifth column to undermine the soft, 
>disarmed and economically frayed Western democracies.
>
>He corrupted both the Protestant and Catholic churches using anti-communist 
>rhetoric and crumbs from his treasury, all in the name of Christian 
>civilization, which he personally detested. He made himself into a god.
Many historians 
>are now anguishing over the future of Christianity and Western civilization 
>itself. Certainly fundamentalist Islam is putting both to the test at this
moment 
>in time.

Whereever do you come up with this pap?  The SS dated from 1925, long
before Hitler was a serious political personage in Germany, and its purpose
was NOT to keep the "upper classes" in line:  it was primarily directed
towards the middle classes in attracting their youth into service to the
Party and the State.

You might want to read up a bit on the period before making ill-chosen and
foolish comments.

Marc

msmall@infionline.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir!

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