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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (61350)	10/7/2002 7:37:26 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I think he said we present it along with the fact of worldwide condemnation, and the history of the Nuremburg trials, etc. I hardly think that such a presentation can be objective- since the weight of history is against the loser anyway. I thought he simply said the facile judgment of "this is bad" really isn't appropriate, and might get in teh way of exploring the really important question- "How did the German people get to think this was ok?" and "How do we stop other populations from thinking the same thing?" For we have seen the same kind of thinking, and we have seen it all over the world. It can happy anywhere. how does it happen? and Why. I thought that was CH's point.

To: Neocon who wrote (61350)	10/7/2002 7:47:31 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Well, not exactly but close. Yes, I do think older students--any students old enough to be studying modern European history--should be allowed to make up their minds about right and wrong, about which side was more just and which side less just. (There was no absolute black and white even in WWII; it came closer than many, but there were still some good things on both sides and some bad things on both sides. Just, IMO, lots more good on ours and lots more bad on theirs.) Students, IMO, are like cats. Try to push them into a position, and their backs get up. Let them decide that's where they want to go, and they're all for it.