tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post4354913216943176062..comments2023-12-05T07:50:19.855-05:00Comments on No Oil for Pacifists: QOTD@nooil4pacifistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-73565691157877634952011-01-13T11:57:50.240-05:002011-01-13T11:57:50.240-05:00Sorry, I only read the excerpted portion, I'll...Sorry, I only read the excerpted portion, I'll go back and read the entire thing.Lame-Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-48386813406389644762011-01-13T10:31:03.179-05:002011-01-13T10:31:03.179-05:00Please note - the author is CRITICIZING the naive ...Please note - the author is CRITICIZING the naive view of Holocaust education and attacking the notion that the Holocaust is the raison d'etre for Israel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-77587363229256308532011-01-13T09:29:48.482-05:002011-01-13T09:29:48.482-05:00Right, but the part of the piece that interested m...Right, but the part of the piece that interested me was the argument that Holocaust education re-inforces the notion that the nation of Israel was created as compensation for the Holocaust, and thus it's unfair colonialism by Europe in the Mid East. This is despite the fact that <a href="http://nooilforpacifists.blogspot.com/2004/03/rolling-back-reconquista-spanish.html" rel="nofollow">Jews were in the Holy Land well before any Arabs</a>--and have been there ever since.@nooil4pacifistshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-68489082552032492492011-01-12T12:11:14.172-05:002011-01-12T12:11:14.172-05:00I think the author buys into a false assumption th...I think the author buys into a false assumption that is nice but naive: that education can change human nature; that learning from our past means we actually have a chance of not repeating it.<br /><br />I'm not completely throwing up my hands in exasperation--Holocaust education helps to reinforce the convictions of those that are inclined to do right and shun the wrong, while at the same time tempering our zeal with the humble realization that we are no less susceptible ourselves to doing wrong in the name of what's right.Lame-Rnoreply@blogger.com