They were guillotined 72 years ago today. And they deserve remembering
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They were guillotined 72 years ago today. And they deserve remembering
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Re: They were guillotined 72 years ago today. And they deserve remembering
#2I can recommend the film made about Sophie Scholl and the White Rose group called "Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage" (The last days)
Re: They were guillotined 72 years ago today. And they deserve remembering
#3People in the US should be taking notes.
It would perhaps be better if a domestic resistance could disrupt the Trump agenda before it gets to the point that it requires bravery in the face of death, rather than merely foresight and the courage to act on it.
Re: They were guillotined 72 years ago today. And they deserve remembering
#4People in the US should be taking notes. It would perhaps be better if a domestic resistance could disrupt the Trump agenda before it gets to the point that it requires bravery in the face of death, rather than merely foresight and the courage to act on it.
It would be even better if resistance went beyond the Donald -- which is just a fashionable target du jour everybody on the progressive side can feel good about resisting.
Similar BS has been going on forever, now it's just unfashionable, tacky, and doesn't follow the same protocols that others followed nicely.
In short, the major difference, figuratively speaking, is that this time the devil wears crocs and has a bad haircut.
Re: They were guillotined 72 years ago today. And they deserve remembering
#5People in the US should be taking notes. It would perhaps be better if a domestic resistance could disrupt the Trump agenda before it gets to the point that it requires bravery in the face of death, rather than merely foresight and the courage to act on it.
> It would perhaps be better if a domestic resistance could disrupt the Trump agenda before it gets to the point that it requires bravery in the face of death
Will y'all stop ham-fistedly forcing your insane political beliefs into every thread? Thanks.
Re: They were guillotined 72 years ago today. And they deserve remembering
#6German literary figure Gunther Gräss recalls his days as a young conscript into the Waffen SS:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/06/04/how-i-spent-the...
One of his peers finds the strength to resist -- and the witnessed struggle is a heartbreak.
Re: They were guillotined 72 years ago today. And they deserve remembering
#7People in the US should be taking notes. It would perhaps be better if a domestic resistance could disrupt the Trump agenda before it gets to the point that it requires bravery in the face of death, rather than merely foresight and the courage to act on it.
It would be even better if resistance went beyond the Donald -- which is just a fashionable target du jour everybody on the progressive side can feel good about resisting. Similar BS has been going on forever, now it's just unfashionable, tacky, and doesn't follow the same protocols that others followed nicely. In short, the major difference, figuratively speaking, is that this time the devil wears crocs and has a ba…
I think this is a bit overly cynical. The devil wasn't openly agitating for nuclear war and trying to inflame Middle East tensions until he was Donald Trump. Perhaps all politicians are bad, but they are not all equally bad.
Re: They were guillotined 72 years ago today. And they deserve remembering
#8Sophie Scholl's last words were, “How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause? Such a fine sunny day, and I have to go, but what does my death matter, if through us thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?”
Hans Scholl's last words shouted from the guillotine were, ”Long live freedom!”
Re: They were guillotined 72 years ago today. And they deserve remembering
#9People in the US should be taking notes. It would perhaps be better if a domestic resistance could disrupt the Trump agenda before it gets to the point that it requires bravery in the face of death, rather than merely foresight and the courage to act on it.
> It would perhaps be better if a domestic resistance could disrupt the Trump agenda before it gets to the point that it requires bravery in the face of death Will y'all stop ham-fistedly forcing your insane political beliefs into every thread? Thanks.
Nope. They should get political as heck in this thread. It's a story about a person who was in an activist group for chrissakes.
Re: They were guillotined 72 years ago today. And they deserve remembering
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
It would be even better if resistance went beyond the Donald -- which is just a fashionable target du jour everybody on the progressive side can feel good about resisting. Similar BS has been going on forever, now it's just unfashionable, tacky, and doesn't follow the same protocols that others followed nicely. In short, the major difference, figuratively speaking, is that this time the devil wears crocs and has a ba…
I think this is a bit overly cynical. The devil wasn't openly agitating for nuclear war and trying to inflame Middle East tensions until he was Donald Trump. Perhaps all politicians are bad, but they are not all equally bad.
True, even so most political parties do not have their voters' interests at heart. Which puzzles me because you'd think that people would wise up to that trick after a couple of cycles.