• Re: Can Jews be Nazis?

    From Joe Gwinn@21:1/5 to john larkin on Mon May 20 12:41:14 2024
    On Mon, 20 May 2024 08:56:17 -0700, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:

    On Mon, 20 May 2024 11:40:06 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

    On 5/20/2024 9:57 AM, john larkin wrote:
    On Sun, 19 May 24 23:57:56 UTC, NefeshBarYochai <void@invalid.noy>
    wrote:

    BY STEPHEN F. EISENMAN


    For many people, the question is inflammatory. The crimes of the
    German Nazis were of such magnitude that comparison with any other
    historical violence is invidious. The genocide of the Jews was
    deliberate and methodical and intended to eliminate every last one.
    The goal was the same with the Romani and Sinti people. By comparison, >>>> the Israelis – currently accused of genocide — are rank amateurs. They >>>> have so far killed some 35,000 Palestinians in Gaza out of a
    population of 2.3 million.

    But the question, “Can Jews be Nazis?” is nevertheless important for
    challenging claims of moral inoculation by virtue of the Jewish
    experience of the Holocaust. If Israeli leaders are indeed committing
    a genocide in Gaza – as seems the case — they inhabit the same moral
    universe as the German Nazis, regardless of the suffering of past
    generations. In addition to the 35,000 killed, the war in Gaza has
    injured another 75,000 and displaced 2 million. Most of the victims
    are women and children – how can their deaths be justified? Israeli
    cabinet ministers, Knesset members, military personnel, and police
    have all freely spoken of their wish to force Palestinians into Egypt, >>>> establish Jewish-only settlements in Gaza, and even use an atomic bomb >>>> to kill everyone in the Gaza strip. (U.S. senator Lindsay Graham
    recently also suggested using a nuclear weapon against Gaza.)


    At the end of WWII, German cities and industry were heaps of burnt
    rubble, much worse than Gaza today. Half of Germany was occupied by
    the USSR. About 6 million jews had been starved and gassed to death by
    the nazis. About 100 million people died in WWII.

    Israel wants to survive and is arguably doing what it must do to
    survive. The bad guys aren't Israel, they are Iran and Hamas and the
    many other savages, kidnappers, bombers, and rapists.

    The extreme islamists want to kill all the jews and take their land.
    The citizens of Israel of course object. Thay have atom bombs and
    havedn't used them, even after the drons attacks from Iran.

    If heavily nuclear-armed nations still routinely feel in great danger of >>their sovereignty and land being taken then it's hard to know what else
    to do for them that could make them feel any safer.

    Long-term, Israel can't allow Iran to have nukes, because they know
    that Iran will use them on Israeli cities and welcome retaliation as
    blessed martyrdom.

    Exacrly. What's scary is that the extremist islamists are eager for >martyrdom, especially somebody else's. The lunatics in Iran may think
    that a nuclear exchange is worth it if it kills a lot of jews.



    Iran has probably noticed that no nuclear-armed state has ever been >>conquered, it's unclear if Israel knows.

    Destroyed != Conquered.


    The Iranian leadership no doubt has nuke-proof tunnel complexes, built
    at great expense. Strange how some people like to live underground.
    Sounds nasty and stinky to me.

    I wonder if the Ayatollah is willing to sacrifice the Shia holy city
    of Qom, which is not holy to the Sunni. One wonders if the Shia
    branch of Islam would survive the loss on Qom.

    Joe Gwinn

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  • From Gerhard Hoffmann@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 20 21:02:28 2024
    Am 20.05.24 um 19:26 schrieb john larkin:

    The US has not forcibly acquired land since the war with Mexico. The

    To be precise, all of the US is robbed land.

    central USA and Alaska were purchased.

    from the French and the Tsar? Respectable pre-owners!
    And 12 years of peace since "We, the people.."

    The people of Alaska and Hawaii
    voted to become states. The people of Puerto Rico can vote to be a
    state or to be an independent country.

    Not unlike the eastern provinces of Ukraine voted to become
    Russian last year.


    -- "How did you call this land before the white man came?

    -- "Ours!"

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  • From john larkin@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 20 14:10:28 2024
    On Mon, 20 May 2024 21:02:28 +0200, Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de>
    wrote:

    Am 20.05.24 um 19:26 schrieb john larkin:

    The US has not forcibly acquired land since the war with Mexico. The

    To be precise, all of the US is robbed land.

    Practically all the land in the world is "robbed land." The Native
    Americans engaged in tribal warfare constantly, and they weren't nice.

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  • From Joe Gwinn@21:1/5 to john larkin on Mon May 20 18:32:30 2024
    On Mon, 20 May 2024 14:10:28 -0700, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:

    On Mon, 20 May 2024 21:02:28 +0200, Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de>
    wrote:

    Am 20.05.24 um 19:26 schrieb john larkin:

    The US has not forcibly acquired land since the war with Mexico. The

    To be precise, all of the US is robbed land.

    Practically all the land in the world is "robbed land." The Native
    Americans engaged in tribal warfare constantly, and they weren't nice.

    No they weren't. Usually killed males older than maybe two, and sold
    the females into slavery, but with an exception:

    Deuteronomy 21:10-14: The Beautiful Captive Woman

    .<https://www.bible.com/bible/compare/DEU.21.10-14#>

    Joe Gwinn

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  • From Gerhard Hoffmann@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 21 02:06:01 2024
    Am 21.05.24 um 00:32 schrieb Joe Gwinn:

    Deuteronomy 21:10-14: The Beautiful Captive Woman

    .<https://www.bible.com/bible/compare/DEU.21.10-14#>

    Gunkl has an extra good standup sketch at 4:50 on this text.
    < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKQVsHwOGII&t=1033s >
    (in the wider context from bronze time religions)

    Sorry, in Austrian and slight Vienna dialect in particular,
    probably hopeless here.

    Gerhard

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  • From john larkin@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 20 16:12:20 2024
    On Mon, 20 May 2024 18:32:30 -0400, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
    wrote:

    On Mon, 20 May 2024 14:10:28 -0700, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:

    On Mon, 20 May 2024 21:02:28 +0200, Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de> >>wrote:

    Am 20.05.24 um 19:26 schrieb john larkin:

    The US has not forcibly acquired land since the war with Mexico. The

    To be precise, all of the US is robbed land.

    Practically all the land in the world is "robbed land." The Native >>Americans engaged in tribal warfare constantly, and they weren't nice.

    No they weren't. Usually killed males older than maybe two, and sold
    the females into slavery, but with an exception:

    Deuteronomy 21:10-14: The Beautiful Captive Woman

    .<https://www.bible.com/bible/compare/DEU.21.10-14#>

    Joe Gwinn

    The native north americans had about 300 mutually-incomprehensible
    languages. They had no written language. They lived to be on average
    maybe 32 years old, and about 25% of the males died in tribal
    warfare.

    They were mostly nomadic hunter-gatherers. With no horses or wheels or
    pickup trucks or moving vans or casino limos, they had to carry
    everything when they moved.

    I wonder how many native americans have elected to live like their pre-columbian ancestors.

    My Irish ancestors were essentially slaves and had to make their way
    to the USA, or starve. What do the Brits owe me?

    That's all ancient history. Only the future matters.

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