Frankfurt Book Fair II

[selenak]

The Frankfurt Book Fair always ends with the Peace Award of the German Book Trade, which is handed over in the Paulskirche, St. Paul's, a secularized church which is one of the few places reliably prone to make me go sentimental in a way related to my country of origin. It's our big might have been: the place where the first German freely elected

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[zahrawithaz]

Wow! This sounds amazing! Exactly what the world need to hear right now, too.

I so admire people who can push back against bigotry without resorting to it themselves, which is what I strive to do; it always reminds me of that conversation between Sisko and Jake at the end of the first season of Deep Space Nine re the creationist parallels, about resisting without repeating the intolerance of your opponents.

I'm so glad to know Carolin Emcke's name; thank you for the work of translating this!

[selenak]

It's hard to do because the temptation to shout back is so incredibly strong; I don't always resist it, either, but I try to.

re: Carolin Emcke, I've found an interview in English here from last year, so you can see yourself a bit what she's like. (And where the Hannah Ahrendt comparisons come from.)

[vaysh]

Thank you for your detailed post. I loved reading it. You should publish your LJ posts. :)

[selenak]

Posting them anoymously is half of the appeal! And you're welcome.

[minavox]

Here via vaysh - read the speech just this afternoon, go figure, in a hopeless attempt at catching up on my lefty SZ after the holidays, and it was brilliant to get a context from your post. So thanks for it!

[selenak]

You're very welcome!