Sam a) you're taking this way too personally. You seem to assume that I am consumed with the need to torment you and believe me you're just that important in my life.
b) look up Hannah Arendt's "Eichman in Jerusalem." You have apparently not read it. It is not a defense of Eichmann by any means. Her point is that average people do horrible things. Dana On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 08:54:29 -0800, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You found one idiot that defends Eichmann so now he's a poor victim? > Churchill's essay didn't offend me as a Jew but as a human, an > American and a NYer. > You just turned it into something offensive to me as a Jew by > sympathizing with him and stating that he was not a terribly bright > old fart who was quite a nice person. Good work, now I'm upset. > > Funny how you use the word intellectual to describe such a stupid > thought. I apologize to Larry now for grouping him with you; he has > much more dignity than you. > > What does the potato famine have to do with this discussion? Did I > ever claim I sided with the British for what they did? Has anyone? > Would you be upset if someone said what happened to the Irish was just > a mistake made by a very nice person that was not terribly bright? Is > it the Irish thing that gives you the anti-Semitic edge? Is it because > the Jews didn't help the IRA? > > I don't really want an answer. > > > Dana wrote: > > Eichmann is a little bit more specific as an insult. Since he was the > > guy who made sure the trains to Aushwitz ran on time but was not > > responsible for loading them nor for the policy that caused them to be > > loaded, he didn't feel he had done anything wrong. Hannah Arendt > > coined the phrase 'banality of evil' to express her feelings about > > this not terribly bright old fart who was quite a nice person but > > arranged the deaths of so many, and then stood by and watched them > > happen. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145787 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
