Comments on: The few, the good, the Christian http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/12/12/the-few-the-good-the-christian/ She escaped from the belly of the liberal beast Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:50:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: ymarsakar http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/12/12/the-few-the-good-the-christian/#comment-17914 ymarsakar Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:46:04 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=2235#comment-17914 And it is the price of defeat. Which is why defeat must be avoided for all but the insane, i.e. the Left. And it is the price of defeat. Which is why defeat must be avoided for all but the insane, i.e. the Left.

]]> By: ymarsakar http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/12/12/the-few-the-good-the-christian/#comment-17915 ymarsakar Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:45:30 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=2235#comment-17915 This is a great example of when atrocities are ordered. Not when they are accidental. This is a great example of when atrocities are ordered. Not when they are accidental.

]]> By: Lissa http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/12/12/the-few-the-good-the-christian/#comment-17912 Lissa Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:05:11 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=2235#comment-17912 Hi Book, For anyone interested in the subject, you may want to check out "The Rape of Nanking" by Iris Chang. It's been a while since I read it so I can't comment on Christian vs. Lutheran etc., but I remember thinking at the time that it was an interesting counterpart to the Holocaust's "Oh, but we didn't know!" excuse. Chang does a good job of compiling headlines and pictures from The New York Times and other big publications, to prove that the world did indeed know, and still the massacre continued. Hi Book,

For anyone interested in the subject, you may want to check out “The Rape of Nanking” by Iris Chang. It’s been a while since I read it so I can’t comment on Christian vs. Lutheran etc., but I remember thinking at the time that it was an interesting counterpart to the Holocaust’s “Oh, but we didn’t know!” excuse. Chang does a good job of compiling headlines and pictures from The New York Times and other big publications, to prove that the world did indeed know, and still the massacre continued.

]]> By: SGT Dave http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/12/12/the-few-the-good-the-christian/#comment-17913 SGT Dave Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:03:32 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=2235#comment-17913 BW, I may be wrong, but I think Rabe was Lutheran and used his ties to that church and Catholicism to assist in moving the people he helped. If memory serves (and mine fails at times) Rabe was a member of the National Socialist Party because he represented Germany and German industrial interests in a psuedo-diplomatic role. This does mean he joined a questionable political movement for strictly monetary gains - but that is not the same as fully embracing the Nazi cause. Anyhow, he could not have been a full, good Nazi because of his participation. Hitler's response to the cleansing of Manchuria and the Korean peninsula was one of utter indifference, if not praise for Japan. Though not members of the "master race", they at least were effective in removing "lesser" races that might sully humanity. I wish I had my books here; my personal library has a number of volumes on WWII, mainly the European theater. I may have to call my dad since he's the one fascinated with the Pacific theater. Though he may not know, since his focus was on carriers, fighter aircraft, and the effectiveness of the bombing campaigns, not Japanese atrocities. Merry Christmas to all - and remember that they cannot hide the city on the hilltop, though they try. SGT Dave "It is not just the achievement that brings heroism; it is the striving, even in failure." BW,
I may be wrong, but I think Rabe was Lutheran and used his ties to that church and Catholicism to assist in moving the people he helped. If memory serves (and mine fails at times) Rabe was a member of the National Socialist Party because he represented Germany and German industrial interests in a psuedo-diplomatic role. This does mean he joined a questionable political movement for strictly monetary gains - but that is not the same as fully embracing the Nazi cause.
Anyhow, he could not have been a full, good Nazi because of his participation. Hitler’s response to the cleansing of Manchuria and the Korean peninsula was one of utter indifference, if not praise for Japan. Though not members of the “master race”, they at least were effective in removing “lesser” races that might sully humanity.
I wish I had my books here; my personal library has a number of volumes on WWII, mainly the European theater. I may have to call my dad since he’s the one fascinated with the Pacific theater. Though he may not know, since his focus was on carriers, fighter aircraft, and the effectiveness of the bombing campaigns, not Japanese atrocities.
Merry Christmas to all - and remember that they cannot hide the city on the hilltop, though they try.

SGT Dave
“It is not just the achievement that brings heroism; it is the striving, even in failure.”

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