Posted on 07/25/2005 7:45:42 PM PDT by 26lemoncharlie
The scene: It is November, 1943. We’re in Camp Shelby, just outside of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where 5,300 German prisoners of war are interned. The Geneva Conventions are being strictly adhered to, with food (prepared by German cooks), clothing, and medical care equal to their captors. The German POWs have formed soccer and volleyball teams, with descriptions and results of the tournaments between them reported in the camp newspaper, The Mississippi Post.
A Nazi church has been erected in the camp, where Nazi worshippers attend services held by Nazi chaplains. In their sermons, the chaplains instruct that “Nazism is the true religion, the Aryan Soul the only true God, our understanding of Whom has been brought to us by His Holiness, Adolph Hitler. Our Führer, Adolph Hitler is the true Holy Ghost. He is the human form of the Aryan Soul instantiated here on earth. We believe on this earth solely in Adolph Hitler and his sacred teachings.”
The Nazi Bible, Mein Kampf, is treated with careful reverence by the American camp guards. “The Holy Mein Kampf must never be placed in offensive areas such as the floor, near the toilet or sink, near the feet, or dirty/wet areas,” state the detailed rules issued by the Pentagon. “Only Nazi chaplains may handle the Holy Nazi Book, or by guards only after putting on clean white gloves in full view of the POWs.”
“The Holy Mein Kampf,” states the Pentagon’s directive, “should be treated like a ‘fragile piece of delicate art.’”
But from my tagline, you can see I did.
"Hmmm...analogy, you say? I don't know what that means, so surely, this is meant to be a literal post stating outright that Hitler was God. And we all know that Hitler was evil! Satan, even! You are a bad person for posting this!"
/channeling stupid drones who have responded similarly, not understanding this is a slam on Gitmo-coddling of terrorists
I don't understand the comparison. During WWII we provided for the religious worship of the prisoners. We're doing the same thing in GITMO.
Sure - If you can find anything in the Bible analogous to post #39.
Ping to 41.
Er, 42. Boy, I feel S-M-R-T today!
We should try to understand Naziism. There are many Peaceful Nazis here today. Naziis eveywhere have silently condemned the occassional harrasment of Jews. But the peace-loving Nazis have been painted with a broad brush from their boisterous bretheren. But now, they are just too afraid to reveal themselves, due to persecution.
NAIR (Nazi Abuse Inhibition Reform) will be filing charges very soon!!
</sad I have to post a Sarcasm tag;>
Hit and repeat (if you think it is good enough) my 26.
By 26 I mean 47
Osama make Adolph look like a saint, but to see him as God is Allaht to ask.
Nice try, but the resemblance of Helen to Bridget is to close. Hitler was more like the devil.
A "moderate" Muslim spokesman on Hugh Hewitt today sounded very reasonable and peaceful until the issue of Israel's right to exist came up...
I've traveled over most of this earth. You MUST learn to respect EVERYONES religious beliefs, regardless of your own. A little respect goes along way.
Try giving a Muslim a copy of the Holy Bible, or ask him to come to Church with YOU. Do you believe that a Muslim American would lay down his life so that a Christian would be able to practice his religion?
Watch his face and his reactions.
I Have NOTHING against Islam, or the People who practice the religion. The point is the two religions will tolerate each other to a point and that point is where the Muslims become dominate. Then they will impose their will, their religion and their LAWS! It's a MUST for their religion.
Somewhere between Hugh and Tancredo is an answer to all this.
On the one hand I don't trust Muslims, or rather I don't give them the benefit of trust. On the other, I think surely they don't want to all become mushroom cloud.
Hugh's demonstrated past wisdom, but this time I am not so aligned with his passive views.
I am sorry that most of the responders completely missed the point. Good post though.
It might be that the point fell way short.
bump for later read
Refer to Post 42
The fact is, during WWII we provided for the religious practice of our prisoners, not the political. In GITMO we're providing for the religious practice of our prisoners, not the political.
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