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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (566325)5/15/2010 1:32:34 AM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) of 1579121
 
"Animal sacrifice is now obsolete."

So? As is marrying someone under the age of 14, at least in this country. It still was all the rage in earlier.

"Polygamy was never OK."

Wrong. While questionable for New Testament, it certainly wasn't for Old Testament.

"We fought a war over slavery."

Your point? Slavery is age old. The British Empire rejected it decades before we did. As did others.

"Would you excuse all of the European anti-Semitism that occurred in the first half of the 20th century? I hear that was considered "culturally acceptable." Especially during the fascist era."

Fascism was far from the dominant philosophy in Europe. Nor was it restricted to Europe. And there never was a fascist era. Fascism both proceeded and survived the 1930s.

Again, I condemn the cultures who were anti-Semitic during those days. The individuals, not so much. And, unlike you, I've known many individuals who had numbers tattooed on their forearms. What happened to them was criminal. Even evil. But that is what happens when a culture goes collectively insane. They had a lot of pressures, but still...

But, funny that you bring up those times. Like now, pre-Nazi Germany was under stress. A rational person could argue that they had more stessors than we. But, that isn't really relevant. The fact of the matter is they were stressed and wanted comforting answers. Which Hitler provided. His answers was the Jews and the liberals were the source of their problems. The resulting evens flowed from that.

Since you claim to be an independent thinker, well, think about this.
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