"Mein Kampf" - back in Germany!

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by finnbow

A distinction without a difference when it comes to the Third Reich.

An oversimplification.

It is always at some level grotesque to think one has summed-up millions of people in a sentence or two.

It takes unusual courage to act against the cultural tide of any particular time. It is easy to think other people should-have. Very very easy.

[Dondilion]

Hitler after the putsch developed a deep understanding of what was required
to get power. Noticed the efficient beheading of the SA.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

An oversimplification.

It is always at some level grotesque to think one has summed-up millions of people in a sentence or two.

It takes unusual courage to act against the cultural tide of any particular time. It is easy to think other people should-have. Very very easy.

Of course it was an oversimplification, but I was responding to someone who went in a tizzy about my comment:

Germany has done far better than Japan in acknowledging the atrocities it committed in WWII and this process should continue.

How else could/should this have been worded? In the context of the point I was making, it is indeed a distinction without a difference.

[HarmanKardon]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

An oversimplification.

It is always at some level grotesque to think one has summed-up millions of people in a sentence or two.

It takes unusual courage to act against the cultural tide of any particular time. It is easy to think other people should-have. Very very easy.

Thank you very much, this is what I tried to express, don.

Finnbow what you are responding on my post is partly such a hair-raising nonsense, I do not know what get's into you sometimes. I will not comment on what you said in particular - because I know your reaction in advance. I appreciate quite a lot of your contributions on AK and PC for a long time, sir. but I noticed repeatedly that you can't deal well with appropriate criticism, this is not my opinion, it is a fact.

[nailer]

Originally Posted by icenine

Oh what nationality was the party then?

Germans followed their leader all the way to the outskirts of Moscow with no winter coats. Citizens do not do such things unless they believe in what they are doing.

Originally Posted by finnbow

A distinction without a difference when it comes to the Third Reich.

I should've, and will, put a at the end.

[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by icenine

Oh what nationality was the party then?

Germans followed their leader all the way to the outskirts of Moscow with no winter coats. Citizens do not do such things unless they believe in what they are doing.

I posted a ref to Leni Riefenstahl's films in the Ukraine thread, could somebody link the post.

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[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Pio1980

I posted a ref to Leni Riefenstahl's films in the Ukraine thread, could somebody link the post.

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You could.

Find the post you want to link to and click on the post number in the upper right. That will open the post in a new window. Copy the url for the post and paste it into this thread.

John

[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by HarmanKardon

Thank you so much for your encouragement, I need that sometimes. It is not easy for a German in a foreign Political forum to particpate in an appropriate manner due to the dark history of the 20th century. But as this topic shows, like other topics as well, I am ready for a critical reviewing of the difficult past of Germany.

Nice that you use the term "ambassador" because it is exactly the term that comes from time to time into my mind when I participate on Audiokarma. I posted 17300 times over there trying to be an ambassador of the modern open minded democratic Germany. (Okay - of course the main reason for my participation is entertainment...)

Well - and don't forget that I never speak a single word English, never, all my English just exists in a written form.

I still have pleasant dreams of being back in Germany, another just last night in fact.

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[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by Boreas

You could.

Find the post you want to link to and click on the post number in the upper right. That will open the post in a new window. Copy the url for the post and paste it into this thread.

John

Can't do it from my smartphone afaik. Post #1082, "Ukraine heats up".

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[Pio1980]

Watching "Leni Riefenstahl, the immoderation in me" on youtube.

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