On 12 Dec 2004, Christopher D. Green wrote: > > It's nice Konrad got on with animals so well. I wonder what his problem > was with (non-German) humans: > > "Nothing is so important for the health of a whole Volk as the > elimination of 'invirent types': those which, in the most dangerous., > virulent increase, like the cells of a malignant tumour, threaten to > penetrate the body of a Volk ... Especially today the great difference > depends upon whether or not we can learn to combat decay phenomena, in > Volk and in humanity, which arise from the lack of natural selection. In > just this contest for survival or extinction, we Germans are far ahead > of other culture-Volks."
Yes, Konrad did have some disturbing things to say while living in Germany during the Third Reich. He also said in 1940: "Usually a man of high value is disgusted with special intensity by slight symptoms of degeneracy in men of the other race...socially inferior human material is enabled..to penetrate and finally to annihilate the healthy nation. The selection for toughness, heroism, social utility..must be accomplished by some human institution [presumably, he has concentration camps and extermination in mind here] if mankind...is not to be ruined by..degeneracy. The racial ideal as the basis of our state has already accomplished much in this respect" [we're very efficient]. (have a source, but not handy) And this: According to Dewsbury (2003, citing Cloud, 1973), Lorenz (1940) said that "humanity must "rely on the healthy feelings of the best of our people" for the "extermination of elements of the population loaded with dregs" ". Oh yes. Lorenz did apologize for these unspeakable comments after the war. And he did love greylag geese. Stephen Dewsbury, D. (2003). The 1973 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine: recognition for behavioral science? American Psychologist, 58, 747-- ___________________________________________________ Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm _______________________________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
