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  • [OT] The Sins of the Uncle....

    From Rhino@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 3 22:54:46 2024
    I think it is safe to say that most people with even a minimal
    knowledge of history would take a pretty grim view of Hermann Goering,
    the head of Hitler's Luftwaffe. I would be among those regarding him as
    a villain.

    But he had a nephew, born in Sweden in 1909, who led an almost
    diametrically opposite life:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YrjYd1vfgg [8 minutes]

    Yet another reminder that the relatives of scumbags may not be scumbags themselves! Everyone deserves to be evaluated on their own merits (and demerits) regardless of the views society holds on their famous - or
    infamous - relatives.

    --
    Rhino

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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to no_offline_contact@example.com on Mon Mar 4 19:37:37 2024
    On Sun, 3 Mar 2024 22:54:46 -0500, Rhino
    <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    I think it is safe to say that most people with even a minimal
    knowledge of history would take a pretty grim view of Hermann Goering,
    the head of Hitler's Luftwaffe. I would be among those regarding him as
    a villain.

    But he had a nephew, born in Sweden in 1909, who led an almost
    diametrically opposite life:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YrjYd1vfgg [8 minutes]

    Yet another reminder that the relatives of scumbags may not be scumbags >themselves! Everyone deserves to be evaluated on their own merits (and >demerits) regardless of the views society holds on their famous - or
    infamous - relatives.

    Hitler had a nephew in England - much the same story.

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  • From anim8rfsk@21:1/5 to Rhino on Tue Mar 5 02:07:31 2024
    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    I think it is safe to say that most people with even a minimal
    knowledge of history would take a pretty grim view of Hermann Goering,
    the head of Hitler's Luftwaffe. I would be among those regarding him as
    a villain.

    But he had a nephew, born in Sweden in 1909, who led an almost
    diametrically opposite life:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YrjYd1vfgg [8 minutes]

    Yet another reminder that the relatives of scumbags may not be scumbags themselves!

    Unless they are Kardashians.


    Everyone deserves to be evaluated on their own merits (and
    demerits) regardless of the views society holds on their famous - or
    infamous - relatives.




    --
    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

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