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Patrick Moore: "The only food Kraut is a dead Kraut
Is there a time limit for hatred?
Let's bring race into it (hoorah, I hear you cry)...if a black chap from the Deep South who'd witnessed lynchings in the 40s and 50s had said, "The only good white man is a dead white man", would that be more or less shocking than what Mr Moore had said?
Indeed - should we be shocked at all?
http://www.dailymail....b-killed-fianc-e.html
Let's bring race into it (hoorah, I hear you cry)...if a black chap from the Deep South who'd witnessed lynchings in the 40s and 50s had said, "The only good white man is a dead white man", would that be more or less shocking than what Mr Moore had said?
Indeed - should we be shocked at all?
http://www.dailymail....b-killed-fianc-e.html
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shed off the shackles of slavery
What do you actually mean?
It is (artfully but not helpfully) vague when compared with sp's very clear analogy with people alive today who saw loved ones killed by whites in the 1950s.
What do you actually mean?
It is (artfully but not helpfully) vague when compared with sp's very clear analogy with people alive today who saw loved ones killed by whites in the 1950s.
12:10 Tue 01st May 2012
Using the past tense would have been better. He's entitled to his feelings, whatever language he chooses.
The feelings are not universal. My mother lost her brother in action, killed by Germans, and never said a word against Germans. My father didn't either but you should have heard what he said about 'Japs' ! He respected the Germans, but hated the Japanese for what they did to prisoners of war.
The feelings are not universal. My mother lost her brother in action, killed by Germans, and never said a word against Germans. My father didn't either but you should have heard what he said about 'Japs' ! He respected the Germans, but hated the Japanese for what they did to prisoners of war.
shed off the shackles of slavery
Sorry Old Git but that is a meaningless concept.
What do you actually mean?
It is (artfully but not helpfully) vague when compared with sp's very clear analogy with people alive today who saw loved ones killed by whites in the 1950s.
The key thing about Patrick Moore's comment is the stupidity of the generalisation.
He should be able to distinguish between the people and circumstances that led to the death of his fiancee and the majority of Germans alive today.
My father had every reason to hate or mistrust the Japanese of the WW2 generation but he recognised that the subsequent generations were not the same people and his attitude toward them was very generous and welcoming.
Sorry Old Git but that is a meaningless concept.
What do you actually mean?
It is (artfully but not helpfully) vague when compared with sp's very clear analogy with people alive today who saw loved ones killed by whites in the 1950s.
The key thing about Patrick Moore's comment is the stupidity of the generalisation.
He should be able to distinguish between the people and circumstances that led to the death of his fiancee and the majority of Germans alive today.
My father had every reason to hate or mistrust the Japanese of the WW2 generation but he recognised that the subsequent generations were not the same people and his attitude toward them was very generous and welcoming.
Probably not wisest to express one's feelings like that, but understandable. Emotions are not removed just because one can explain why you experienced what you did on an intellectual level.
It is unreasonable to expect this to be so. But as for comparing it with "the Deep South"; well yes again we could understand the reason for feeling that way, but it doesn't make it any more logical. And again it is probably unwise to express those feelings. Feeding the anger prevents healing the anguish.
It is unreasonable to expect this to be so. But as for comparing it with "the Deep South"; well yes again we could understand the reason for feeling that way, but it doesn't make it any more logical. And again it is probably unwise to express those feelings. Feeding the anger prevents healing the anguish.
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