tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24597325.post114598735920268888..comments2024-03-29T13:40:51.077+00:00Comments on Holocaust Controversies: Zichronem livrachaNicholas Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14852758011968360596noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24597325.post-1146141754924643802006-04-27T13:42:00.000+01:002006-04-27T13:42:00.000+01:00This is a good remembrance site:http://www.joodsmo...This is a good remembrance site:<BR/>http://www.joodsmonument.nl/index.php?lang=nl<BR/><BR/>Click on it, and you find a name, date of birth and place and time of death. Use at your own discretion.Motorwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11062094740042788669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24597325.post-1146060067837789292006-04-26T15:01:00.000+01:002006-04-26T15:01:00.000+01:00I just wouldn't use the word "backward.";-)a.m.I just wouldn't use the word "backward."<BR/><BR/>;-)<BR/><BR/>a.m.Andrew E. Mathishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057529769573506419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24597325.post-1146057137181359432006-04-26T14:12:00.000+01:002006-04-26T14:12:00.000+01:00Roman, I don't think that Andrew argues that there...Roman, I don't think that Andrew argues that there are no "backward" cultures. In fact, he says just the opposite ;-)Sergey Romanovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04063444062099331337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24597325.post-1146001717266480782006-04-25T22:48:00.000+01:002006-04-25T22:48:00.000+01:00Hello, Roman,I would urge you to read the Stannard...Hello, Roman,<BR/><BR/>I would urge you to read the Stannard essay I referenced in the blog entry. It appears in the collection <I>Is the Holocaust Unique?</I> edited by Rosenbaum. He will fast disabuse you of any idea that deaths due to colonialism were accidental.<BR/><BR/>I'd also urge you to read the very slim <I>"Exterminate All the Brutes"</I> by Sven Lindqvist, who demonstrates rather ably that there is a connection between European colonialism and the Holocaust.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if you live in the U.S. or abroad, but it's abundantly clear -- still -- in the U.S. that we are living on land that was won with the blood of American Indians. The condition of the American Indians today is a sorry state indeed. I would urge you, if you live in the U.S., to visit a reservation sometime -- one without a casino.<BR/><BR/>How far back should be go back and commemorate? Obviously this should be taken on a case by case basis. If there's literally no one left to apologize to, then it's rather beside the point, isn't it? But the Pope did apologize for the Crusades a few years back. I can't state a "one-size-fits-all"<BR/><BR/>Finally, I'd ask you to consider that the notion that cultures are "backward" is one that is frequently used by racists and Social Darwinists. It's what the Nazis said about Poles. Cultures are "behind" others because of two major factors: (1) isolation; and (2) that's right -- colonialism.<BR/><BR/>a.m.Andrew E. Mathishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057529769573506419noreply@blogger.com