Okay, ratchet it up, folks . . . or should I say volk . . . as I type I'm watching a doc about the Einsatzgruppen and it just confirms what I already somehow knew but couldn't quite grasp: the Germans are now in close competition in my mind for the most despicable pieces of shit who ever lived.
Hey, it's a tossup at the moment, but the Germans are winning tonight! If I didn't ever have to go to Japan again, (which I do) I would studiously ignore every Japanese national who exists. But thank God for small favors: I can studiously ignore every German who exists! Imagine that! I NEVER HAVE TO TALK TO A GERMAN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE! Ahh, the small joys in life. My memories of Germany are only the places my father bombed! The pleasure I take in that thought is indescribable. All those little German schnitzels vaporising in a 1,000 degree conflagration, withering into tiny wizened unidentifiable cinders . . . well, ask me, How Do I Really Feel? "That there are rules even for killing, and there should be . . ." Nahh, dispose of that. No rules for Germans.
That these people could massacre so many for so little removes any compunction or forgiveness that I might find it in my cold heart to have.
In my mind, every German is Heinrich Himmler.
Sorry about that, meine kleine nachtmusik freunde.
You're off my list. I'm so glad my father's task was to bomb you fuckers into the Stone Age. If he were here now he'd agree that it was a lot of fun.
Long live Dresden, assholes!
Try reading Hans Fallada's "Every man dies alone". It's about ordinary Germans trying to resist the Nazi regime
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Ruth
Yeah, I'm kinda buried in two books, "Hitler's Willing Executioners" and the History of WWII, so I'm kind of caught up in it at the moment.
ReplyDeleteBut I'll look up that book! ALL the Germans can't have been sadistic Jew-hating murderers, but sometimes it seems that way . . .
Ruth,
ReplyDeleteI checked out the book and I think I'll have to buy it. As much as I despise Germans for what they did, I also watched The Lives of Others and I realize that good and extreme evil exist comfortably side by side in this world. Thanks for the recommendation!
Was every Cambodian as crazy as Pol Pot? None of my Russian friends loved Stalin. My Chinese pals shudder at the thought of Mao. The question is, would I have the courage to resist an evil regime? I write Stephen Harper letters and he never answers. At least Brian Mulroney answered with letters signed by his signature machine. And if Harper really takes over, how could I covertly fight CSIS?
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ReplyDeleteWell, look at the pure oddness of a Nazi in Nanking giving refuge to thousands of Chinese; it's sure weird.
ReplyDelete"Good" and "Nazi" don't seem to be compatible, but I guess it was possible.