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tbevocals

If Mickey Mantle had been a Klan member

May 22, 2006 20:36

Scientist removed from Space Hall of FameSo they took this scientist out of the Space Hall of Fame because he was a Nazi who is said to have taken part in conducting experiments on concentration camp prisoners ( Read more... )

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poydifferous May 22 2006, 19:45:37 UTC

if in 40 years it's found that Michael Jordan did work with Al-Quaeda, they'd remove his name from everything in the game of Basketball.

_judge_me_not May 22 2006, 19:59:14 UTC

JP's repeated question this year has been, "why does everyone else hate us?" We find new reasons chapter after chapter.

recognizing someone who happened to be a nazi at some point isn't condoning nazi views, but it may make the space hall of fame look bad. Good politics on the space hall of fame's part; the fact that people give enough of a shit that it's a safe move for the space hall of fame to take the guy out is fucking stupid.

jadugar May 23 2006, 18:40:28 UTC

People have this whole ass dream about recognition and memories.

I think if society or maybe just people who make 'large' decisions actually felt the realization of how miniscule things in the universe really can be they wouldn't worry so much about walls.

tbevocals May 23 2006, 18:58:47 UTC

eh, fair enough

anabelle7321 May 25 2006, 17:40:14 UTC

i have absolutely no idea...the whole former Nazi issue is a big deal in my family because just as we had several family members fight for the U.S. in WWII, we also had family in Germany fighting for the other side, some of whom were high-ranking Nazis. One must also consider the degree to which someone was involved in the Nazi party...We have a family friend who was in the Hitler Youth and later in the military, but he had no idea what was going on in the concentration camps...he was a soldier. We have a large tendency to lump everyone who was a Nazi together into one large bigoted, exterminating group of bastards that should have died a slow and painful death, each and every one of them, without considering how many of them were simply following orders, how many of them did it for fear of their own lives and their family's. Our own military past is by no means spotless, and one should consider that before passing generalized judgements on an entire generation ( ... )

tbevocals May 25 2006, 22:15:09 UTC

perfecto!