[geeks] just for you guys....

[David Cantrell]

On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 09:04:59PM -0400, Michael Conlen wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > I'd agree to some part of that. The thing I can't really understand is
> > what the book, "Mein Kampf", had to to with the genocide. OK, it was
> > written by the same man that led his troops to do one of historys most
> > inhumane thing ever, but because of a book?
> 
> It was part of the brainwashing of the german people which allowed the nazis
> to get away with much of what they did, because people were willing to turn
> a blind eye... ...or so I presume...

It's somewhat more complex than is implied by "brainwashing".  When Hitler
rose to power, Germany was up shit creek without a paddle.  He offered a
way out, and appealed to both workers and to employers, hence gaining
support from a much wider range of people than most politicians could.  I
don't find it surprising that people supported him.  And you have to
remember, most people would have assumed his antisemitic talk was just
that - talk.

-- 
David Cantrell | Member of the Brute Squad | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david

 Pressure was growing last night for the global "war on terror" to be
 broadened to take in a wide range of other 'rogue emotions' including
 horror, shock and a general feeling of bewilderment about the state of
 the world.    -- The Brains Trust