To: Right Wing Professor
Einstein was philosophically a pacifist, true, but when faced with real evil, he chose to fight it using the most powerful weapons available. Do you have any information about his opinions concerning the gulags? Either way?
76 posted on
08/20/2005 12:33:03 PM PDT by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: grey_whiskers
Do you have any information about his opinions concerning the gulags? Either way? Einstein died in, what, 1955? I don't think details of the Soviet gulag system were generally recognized (in the West) at that time. Solzhenitsyn, for example was not published until the 60's (except for samizdat versions of his early work). He was in a gulag himself until 1953.
I suspect Albert was unaware of the gulag system.
82 posted on
08/20/2005 2:12:40 PM PDT by
IonImplantGuru
("Me? You talking to me? You talkin' to me? Then [BLEEP]... Well, I'm the only one here.")
To: grey_whiskers; Right Wing Professor
Einstein was philosophically a pacifist, true, but when faced with real evil, he chose to fight it using the most powerful weapons available.The statement is garbage.
87 posted on
08/20/2005 6:40:01 PM PDT by
jwalsh07
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson