1) The Holocaust : This was a terrible thing and we hope never will happen again. Everyone is well aware that it did occur and no one is likely to forget it. The constant reminders are absolutely unnecessary.
2) JFK : This handsome, eloquent president was loved throughout the world. However, his short stint , tragically cut short, was a terrible failure. His personal life was inexcusable. His posturing as an intellectual is suspect. He had a best seller book, written by someone else. And yet, year after year we commemorate his death, orchestrated by his family, some members of which are
not the best of role models. Tiresome.
3) Diana : What's with all the adulation for this woman. We keep being forced to hear of commemorative celebrations of her life. She was a self confessed adulteress who got away with it. Yes, she was involved in charity work , very commendable but by no means unique. One of her kids may not be of royal blood. How fortunate for him.
4) Karina : A terrible hurricane that created havoc in New Orleans and the gulf coast, happened a few years ago. Many thousands were driven out, settling largely in Houston where they largely remain to this day. The US government continues to support many of these unfortunate people, paying rent and food for them. That was years ago. How long does it take one to get back on ones feet? The reconstruction has cost something like 13 billion bucks to date. When will it end?
5)9-11 : We need never forget this terrible disaster. The victims are treated as heroes ( The firemen were heroic indeed ) and the families have reaped enormous monetary rewards.
It is a good idea to continue to remember who caused this but who needs a constant reminder.
None of us is likely to forget.
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I'm going to let the majority of that slide, but I, with all do respect, disagree with you on #1. I think we do forget, especially the younger generations. I expect that if you asked many teens today what the Holocaust was they would think it was the name of a rock band. Some parts of the world refuse to admit that it even happened. The kind of evil that was the Holocaust can not, must not be forgotten. If keeping this important part of our history in our hearts and minds causes it to cross your path a little more often than you are comfortable, I am confident that you are capable of ignoring it.
I can hardly imagine even a teenager being unaware of the Holocast.Don't they learn anything in school.
I am as disgusted with the Holocast as everybody else. Those that refuse to admit it happened are so steeped in ignorance that they are hopeless. Even a daily reminder is not likely to change their minds.
Grandad, I have some thoughts on this post...
The Holocaust was undoubtedly a terrible, unforgivable event, and yeah, I am pretty tired of hearing about it, too. But I suspect our reasons are different. I resent the Zionists laying claim to Israel on the basis of being the "chosen people" and always using the Holocaust as a wedge to derive eternal leverage from.
You don't hear Balkan states or Rwanda carrying on all the time about the more recent genocides that have been carried out (generally with government complicity) in their backyards. Sadly, no matter how many times we say, "never again," it seems to keep happening over and over.
We can skip JFK and Diana. Celebrity of all stripes is tiresome indeed.
But Katrina?! We should hear more about it (and not only so that you can get the spelling right). The truth about Katrina is the truth about America's ugly side, and this is what rarely makes news: people are not born lazy and ignorant. New Orleans is a place rife with corruption, emblematic of broad, sweeping socio-economic stratification that is rotting the core of our great country.
I am told that Spike Lee's epic documentary about Katrina will shake even the staunchest pragmatist to the core. I've yet to see it, and so cannot recommend it myself.
911~ jeeze-louise, I am tired of hearing about this one. I'm mainly tired of victims being adulated as "heroes, " disaster sites being hallowed as "sacred ground," and in the midst of all this useless rhetoric a GAPING HOLE remaining in NYC~a symbol that I believe adds insult to injury.
And who did cause 911? Terrorists? Sure, most of whom were Saudi nationals, none of whom were Iraqi or Afghani, and among whom Saddam Hussein was not. It is imperative that we remember who caused this: our allies. I think it is equally important that we remember that our "war on terror" has created more terrorists than have ever existed at any other time on Earth. If the "war on drugs" had been as successful, you would be so high on crack right now you would be unable to read this, and I would be so strung out on heroin that I wouldn't have written it in the first place.
Just my two dozen cents!
Dear Rummy,
Some rather fine comments on your last blog.
The most important thing we should remember about 9/11 is that we were attacked by Taliban/Al-Qaeda operating out of Afghanistan. The US and allies invaded said country and seemed to be getting somewhere when Bushy decide he’d do what his daddy (intelligently) didn’t in the first Gulf war and damned near unilaterally invaded Iraq. Pulling troops from Afghanistan in the process. This will without a doubt be judged as one of the greatest blunders of any American president.
Yes, 9/11 should be remembered and its aftermath – a history still being written. I doubt it’ll make pleasant reading.
By the way, Karina (Carina) was a song many years ago – Katrina was a hurricane.
Abrazos,
El Ruco
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