To: Prodigal Son
To put things in historical perspective, I don't think eastern Germany was de-Nazified like was done in western Germany. The communists did not exactly encourage people to be introspective about the past -- the war was all the fault of "Western Imperialists" and the Holocaust was not mentioned much. In the east, Germans were taught that they were basically helpless victims of Western Imperialism until the Soviet Union rescued them. Add to that the economic problems in the east and you have a certain number of thugs looking for scapegoats. I am in no way excusing the neo-Nazi thugs. Too bad Germany does not have the death penalty to take care of these thugs when they murder someone. I think the neo-Nazis and the Islamic terrorists are working together at least to some extent. Also, I think it is easier for a Communist to become a neo-Nazi than it is for a Communist to reform himself into a Western liberal.
16 posted on
09/30/2003 5:25:31 AM PDT by
Wilhelm Tell
(Lurking since 1997!)
To: Wilhelm Tell
Except of the death penalty thing (some differences between both sides of the ocean never change, lol) your description fits the situation quite well!
To: Wilhelm Tell
I think the neo-Nazis and the Islamic terrorists are working together at least to some extent. Also, I think it is easier for a Communist to become a neo-Nazi than it is for a Communist to reform himself into a Western liberal. Your # 16.............100% Correct!!
All Socialism is Imperalistic and therefore is at eternal war against the U.S. Constitution's limiting/controling government!!
Germans-French-Soviets......same 'bootmaker'.
22 posted on
09/30/2003 4:03:41 PM PDT by
maestro
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