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Interesting it is, but anti-semitism [sic]<br>
and ethnic cleansing in Germany already had a lengthy history<br>
of a few hundred years before Hitler's gang came to power<br>
bearing a message that resonated<br>
with what was already in the hearts <br>
and minds of the German people.<br>
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After WW1's disgrace the Germans were seeking a scapegoat and the <br>
Jews were close at hand.<br>
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Likewise the hapless Americans grooving on the fundamental un-love<br>
between the islamophobic west and their semitic objects of reproach,<br>
bow before their imperialist high priests as they offer up a daily <br>
blood sacrifice of fresh "pig's blood" [sic] hoping to purge their sins
<br>
upon the fallen and scorched carcasses of their likewise hapless
victims.<br>
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So very different from Hitler's barbaric haircuts. So civilized.<br>
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On 06/15/11 11:10, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
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The links in the article reveal a situation "when civilized society
must intervene."<br>
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"One moral truism that should not provoke controversy is the principle
of universality: We should apply to ourselves the same standards we
apply to others - in fact, more stringent ones. Commonly, if states
have the power to do so with impunity, they disdain moral truisms,
because those states set the rules. That's our right if we declare
ourselves uniquely exempt from the principle of universality. And so we
do, constantly. Every day brings new illustrations."<br>
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But Mr. Ludsin's letter does raise a practical question, given
universality, when he writes, "Perhaps in this modern age of instant
communication we can anticipate the virus of hatred and act faster and
more effectively."<br>
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What should we do, "act[ing] faster and more effectively"? --CGE<br>
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On 6/14/11 8:21 PM, David Green wrote:
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<h1 class="entry-title">1919 Hitler letter reveals seeds of ethnic
cleansing</h1>
<p class="headline_meta">by <span class="author vcard fn">David
Samel</span> on <abbr class="published" title="2011-06-14">June 14,
2011</abbr> </p>
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<p>A momentous historical find has provided insight into the manner
in which sentiment against a particular ethnicity can grow from the
ravings of a deranged individual into a frightening national movement
with catastrophic consequences. A <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/03/world/europe/03iht-hitler03.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1307970070-opIWAXbm9G31UrfjQlPxhQ"
rel="nofollow"><font color="#2361a1">letter</font></a> authored by
Adolf Hitler in 1919 speaks of removal of the Jewish people from
Germany. While even he surely did not dream at the time that mass
extermination was feasible, he spoke openly of cleansing his country of
an element that he considered to be polluting the national character. </p>
<p>The enormous significance of this document from the youthful
Hitler is aptly described by <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/13/opinion/l13hitler.html?ref=todayspaper"
rel="nofollow"><font color="#2361a1">Steven A. Ludsin</font></a>, a
former member of the President’s Commission on the Holocaust and the
original United States Holocaust Memorial Council, in a letter
published in yesterday’s <em>NY Times</em>:</p>
<blockquote>It shows that warnings existed that when a powerful
speaker advocated that the Jewish people must be removed from Germany
as a matter of national policy, his sick ideas should have been taken
more seriously. Perhaps in this modern age of instant communication we
can anticipate the virus of hatred and act faster and more effectively.
Words have power, and anyone who ignores this may allow history to be
repeated. The current economic downturn is fertile ground for hatred to
spread. Let’s be vigilant.</blockquote>
<p>It may start with the ravings of a lowly army corporal whom some
find charismatic. As Mr. Ludsin notes, that’s when civilized society
must intervene. If not, the fever might spread, and not only to
marginalized sectors of the populace that are still considered by the
unwary to be no threat. Without unequivocal condemnation of early
manifestations of racism, the notion of forced transfer of an
ethnically undesirable population will soon find expression in higher
places, including prominent <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:AYt3fEaAZVwJ:www.pjvoice.com/v18/18003transfer.aspx+avigdor+transfer&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a&source=www.google.com%E2%80%9D+rel="><font
color="#2361a1">government ministers</font></a>. Emboldened by
silence, even <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.haaretz.com/news/livni-national-aspirations-of-israel-s-arabs-can-be-met-by-palestinian-homeland-1.259321"
rel="nofollow"><font color="#2361a1">supposedly liberal ministers</font></a>
may jump on the bandwagon, hoping to curry favor with a population that
is hurtling toward barbarity. The problem can be especially insidious
when it occurs in a country believed to be a culturally advanced
liberal democracy, as was Germany. </p>
<p>Other red-flag factors include whether <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=43328"
rel="nofollow"><font color="#2361a1">religious or cultural leaders</font></a>
call for anti-miscegenation measures to protect the purity of one race
from mixture of blood with the “underclass,” whether there is a <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:HUlB5Uczm8cJ:electronicintifada.net/content/zionisms-dead-end/7592+jabotinsky+transfer&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a&source=www.google.com"
rel="nofollow"><font color="#2361a1">long-standing tradition</font></a>
of calling for transfer of the ethnically undesirable, and whether
there is a <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.google.com/search?q=palestinian+refugees&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=3Ba&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivnsub&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=23_2TbuCFcjl0QHs5tTrDA&ved=0CGMQsAQ&biw=755&bih=443"
rel="nofollow"><font color="#2361a1">prior record of success</font></a>
at such transfer, which would only feed the ugly conviction that it can
be accomplished again. Ninety-two years have now passed since the
Hitler letter, and 66 years since the end of his nightmarish regime.
While the Holocaust is a historical event that is receding in the past,
we can only thank vigilant people and organizations like Mr. Ludsin and
the President’s Commission on the Holocaust, and presumably the Simon
Wiesenthal Center, Abe Foxman and the Anti-Defamation League, who
surely will be the first to call attention to any early warning signs
of a recurrence. In the words of Mr. Ludsin, who asks that we all join
in this effort, we must “anticipate the virus of hatred and act faster
and more effectively. . . Let’s be vigilant.” Amen!</p>
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