Eric,
Your post proves exactly what I was refering to. If you are looking
for it, you can find it. Anywhere, anytime.
If you are from Poland, look at my name. What do you think I am, an
american indian?
The vast majority of us weren't alive at that time so have not had the
experience. It is history, some of which is ignoble, as will some of
the future be. We try to learn from it, not bathe in it.
Rand E.
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>Eric Behr wrote:
>
> Rand E. Tomcala:
> >
> >Maybe I can find a way to be offended too. I'm sure that if I
> >constantly look hard enough and convolute simple things enough, I too
> >can find reason to be offended.
>
> Sorry about off-topic, but you don't have to look hard to see why the
> thread has been offensive from the start, to me, a _Pole_! The phrase is
> synonymous with the Third Reich's ambitions to rule the world (America
> too).
>
> I'm sure the original poster typed it in with no bad intentions, but
> using it as a general reference to Germany is just as offensive as
> calling Americans "slave traders", or saying "Polish concentration
> camps".
>
> Ignorance may be bliss, but it also creates much hatred in this world.
> Let's reflect on it this Christmas season instead of being offended by
> the fact that someone else feels offended.
>
> OM: how do we handle street people photography in various countries?
> What are "safe" circumstances? When do you feel you can get beaten up or
> even shot for taking a picture? Which cultures are "photography-friendly",
> and which are not? [please change the Subject: if you reply]
>
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