Well said Rand E.,
My first knee-jerk reaction to the *offensiveness of a post-lable* was
"get a life", quit placing *your* value judgments on a simple phrase that
got sucked into a horrible propaganda song and be on with yourself.
While I'm fully aware that for some people the past is as real as today,
other people just like to snipe at percieved *politically-incorrect*
statements/comments/utterances et. al.
The past is history (learn from it)
Tomorrow is a mystery
Today is a gift
That's why we call it The Present!
Bill >; )
"Life unfolds on a great sheet called Time (film)*,
and once finished (developed)* is gone(here)* forever..."
*provided you have a good archival system in place...
On Tue, 15 Dec 1998 23:50:55 -0800 "Rand E. Tomcala"
<rtomcala@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>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.
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>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]
>>
>> --
>> Eric Behr | NIU Mathematical Sciences | (815) 753 6727
>> behr@xxxxxxxxxxxx | http://www.math.niu.edu/~behr/ | fax: 753 1112
>>
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