A good lesson in that Paul. People need to look, listen and then make an informed judgement, as opposed to simply looking and judging.
Tom C. On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 6:43 PM, paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On May 19, 2010, at 3:56 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > >> On 5/19/2010 2:42 PM, eckinator wrote: >>> 2010/5/19 Chris Mitchell<chris.mitch...@which.net>: >>> >>>> ...when you can do this? >>>> http://www.bea.hi-ho.ne.jp/bokuto/kosaku/digibarna2/ >>>> >>>> Don't know what the original language was and why the guns are there at the >>>> end, but the whole thing is bizarre, so why not? >>>> >>> Original language was Japanese going by the URL, the guns are a German >>> MP 44 submachine assault rifle and Luger RP 08 Parabellum officer's >>> sidearm to match the camera which has a Property of the Germain Air >>> Force engraving as well as the eagle and swastika crest of the 3rd >>> Reich. Comes across a bit like a militaria collector or something of >>> the sort; someone who might applaud Adolf Hitler Campbell's dad. Not >>> my cup of tea really but I like the conversion idea especially when >>> applied to what people with rather gross political ideas would >>> consider (now disgraced and no longer) a collectors' item... hehehe >>> Cheers >>> Ecke >>> >> >> In the US we often consider old Nazi memoribilia war trophies, we're not >> ashamed of them, after all we beat them. It's better than taking scalps as >> some of my ancestors did. >> > I have a Nazi battle flag that i found in the rafters of a garage in Chicago. > When I taught a survey course to seniors in a Chicago high school that was > meant to meld some humanist thinking with basic social science , I brought > the flag in for a discussion about rampant nationalism and the roots of > naziism. It's about ten by six feet with an iron cross in the corner and a > swastika in the middle. Bright red of course. The kids understood, but some > other teachers freaked. > Paul > >> -- >> {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 >> Courier New;}} >> \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 I've just upgraded to Thunderbird 3.0 and the >> interface subtly weird.\par >> } >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
