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Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate, has died
Reuters ^
| 3 July 2016
| Bill Trott
Posted on 07/02/2016 2:33:54 PM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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Sorry to see him go. A little bit Left, but a great survivor.
To: Alas Babylon!
RIP.
Reading his book “Night” was one of the most powerful experiences in literature.
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posted on
07/02/2016 2:39:39 PM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: P.O.E.
Night. I need to read that.
To: Alas Babylon!
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posted on
07/02/2016 2:44:19 PM PDT
by
BlessedBeGod
(To restore all things in Christ ~~~~ Appeasing evil is cowardice.)
To: Alas Babylon!
Agreed. He was a leftie, but...someone goes though what he did, well...he gets to choose.
His writing of that book was his unforgettable contribution.
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posted on
07/02/2016 2:47:24 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
To: Alas Babylon!
When I saw that he had passed, My immediate thought was that he was probably in his nineties. He was a great man for going after Eichmann and pursuing the other Nazi fugitives like Mengele.
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posted on
07/02/2016 2:55:42 PM PDT
by
gigster
(Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
To: Alas Babylon!
He spoke at a Tea Party rally we attended.
Prayers up.
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posted on
07/02/2016 2:56:44 PM PDT
by
jazminerose
(oective)
To: Alas Babylon!
Hero. Nothing else needs to be said.
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posted on
07/02/2016 3:11:12 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: Alas Babylon!
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posted on
07/02/2016 3:13:21 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: rlmorel
As a European his political leanings were very much in our direction.
As a human being, Simply his anecdotes can launch a thousand ships. I wish I heard more from him today, and as he got older. Opinions and philosophies from people like him are needed more now than ever, and their age is making them fewer than ever.
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posted on
07/02/2016 3:26:02 PM PDT
by
Celerity
To: Alas Babylon!
Night should be required reading for all who love Liberty. He was a brave and honorable man. RIP
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posted on
07/02/2016 3:31:19 PM PDT
by
FBRhawk
(Pray with faith, act with courage, never surrender!)
To: Alas Babylon!
R.I.P. to a very courageous and honorable man.
"Night" is a great book that you'll never forget. It's only 109 pages, so you can read it in one sitting. I haven't read it in over 20 years, so I'll probably read it tomorrow.
To: Alas Babylon!
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posted on
07/02/2016 3:47:15 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(Let us now try liberty.)
To: Alas Babylon!
You really need to read the entire trilogy.
Night, Dawn and Day.
They are short books but I do not suggest reading them all in one sitting.
They are sort of like C.S. Lewis books. Read a bit and then chew what you read over for a bit.
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posted on
07/02/2016 3:48:50 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: P.O.E.
Another good book to read is Maus. It's a graphic novel depiction of one man's experience of the holocaust. It is very disturbing.
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posted on
07/02/2016 3:54:00 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Cuckservative: a "conservative" willing to raise another country's ideology in his own country)
To: Alas Babylon!
It’s been said that as soon as the killing ended, forgetting began.
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posted on
07/02/2016 4:10:03 PM PDT
by
choctaw man
(Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Another great Wiesel novel is The Gates of the Forest.
To: Alas Babylon!
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posted on
07/02/2016 4:41:03 PM PDT
by
Biggirl
("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
To: Kartographer
Wow, that was beautiful.....
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posted on
07/02/2016 4:49:04 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(Hillary and whoever = one big bowl of stupid!)
To: Alas Babylon!
RIP. I used to think the Holocaust the one event in modern human behavior that no one would dare to forget. That, I’m afraid, was impossibly naive.
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