Bookworm on May 29 2008 | Filed under: Hollywood, Nazis, World War II
In a comment to my earlier post about talk with an ideological foe being dangerous, Gringo mentioned a classic anti-Nazi piece of Hollywood propaganda (made when Hollywood viewed America as the ally, not the enemy). I found it at YouTube (of course), and share it with you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZiRiIpZVF4
And for those of you who are I Love [...]
Bookworm on Mar 31 2008 | Filed under: Anti-Semitism, Arabs, Britain, England, Islam, Israel, Nazis, Palestinians
The accepted wisdom is that the intense hatred the Palestinians feel for Jews is a direct result of Jewish annexation of the West Bank and Gaza after the 1967 War. Of course, as with most propaganda, this is false. Aside from conveniently ignoring the 1956 and 1948 Wars, not to mention the Koran [...]
Bookworm on Apr 18 2007 | Filed under: Jihad, Muslim violence, Nazis
Most of us envision mass killers as stone cold nut jobs, like Cho Seung Hui, who carried out Monday’s Virginia Tech carnage. By all accounts, he was an angry, lonely person, obsessed with violent death. Small wonder that, given the means and the opportunity, he would act out his vengeful fantasies. The [...]
Bookworm on May 09 2006 | Filed under: Anti-war, Islam, Muslim violence, Nazis, Palestinians
During lunch with Don Quixote, he noted that I ‘ve concluded that both the ideology of Islamofascism and its followers are completely evil. He’s right. I do. We had a great lunch-time discussion while I sought, in very convoluted fashion, why I thought this way, but still managed not to hold any [...]
Bookworm on Apr 24 2006 | Filed under: Anti-Semitism, Nazis, War crimes, World War II
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. I'm a little late, but it's really never too late to remember not to forget.
In a weirdly hopeful sign, there might be a small corner in Egypt — of all places — that isn't forgetting:
A new book which does not deny the Holocaust and the number of Jews murdered [...]
Bookworm on Mar 27 2006 | Filed under: Anti-Semitism, Nazis, War crimes
What is wrong with this picture?
An 85-year-old Lithuanian was convicted for
cooperating with the Nazis and persecuting Jews but he will not serve
jail time because of his age, according to a BBC report.A court in Vilna ruled that Dailide will not go to jail "because he is very old and does not pose danger to society."
Algimantas [...]
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