Re: Sorry Ashton,

Post #145,330 by deSitter 3/10/04 2:16:34 PM Reply	Re: Sorry Ashton, Ever watch the History Channel? There is a subtle respect for the German military, a group of people who have created more misery than any other body in world history by an enormous margin. Sometimes I feel it, and I know better. "I actually feel sorry for those poor Hun bastards. We're going to murder those sons of bitches by the bushel! We're going to rip out their living guts, and use them to grease our tank treads! We're going to go through them like shit through a goose!" - GS Patton -drl
Post #145,331 by Nightowl 3/10/04 2:24:10 PM Reply	You forget, Ross I don't have Cable, I can't watch the History Channel. Nightowl >8# "Don't be a cynic and disconsolate preacher. Don't bewail and moan. Omit the negative propositions. Challenge us with incessant affirmatives. Don't waste yourself in rejection, or bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Post #145,333 by deSitter 3/10/04 2:28:44 PM Reply	Fair enough [link\|http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Nazi+memorabilia&btnG=Google+Search\|Nazi Memorabilia] [link\|http://www.google.com/search?num=50&hl=en&lr=lang_en%7Clang_fr%7Clang_de%7Clang_it&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=shoah+memorabilia&btnG=Google+Search&lr=lang_en%7Clang_fr%7Clang_de%7Clang_it\|Shoah Memorabilia] You tell me which is more popular. -drl
Post #145,340 by Nightowl 3/10/04 2:40:22 PM 3/10/04 2:41:38 PM Reply	Okay Based on that search, Nazi memorabilia is more popular with 38, 200 hits. But I never heard of a Shoah which gives 1,570 hits. However a search on Holocaust Memorabilia turns up 22,600.hits. and one on Jewish Memorabilia turns up 60,300 hits. It depends on what words you use, really. I myself have German and Nazi war memorabilia, but I also have American, French, British, and Italian. I was unable to procure any Russian at the time. I don't know if I have any Holocaust stuff, but I wasn't trying to get any, just originally, the miltary stuff. I almost owned a flag taken from the top of the French Embassy in France when the Americans liberated it, which was signed by all the liberators, but my mom refused to allow me to purchase it. So it's a matter of opinion. But don't get me wrong, OWNING memorabilia from WWI and Nazi Germany, (mostly I have money and a few other little things like an Iron Cross), does not in any way, shape or form mean I honor them, venerate Hitler, or hold high respect. It was just part of a collection I was amassing at the time. Edit: I also do not know that I would consider the Internet a good judge of popularity or respect of a given concept or thing. Nightowl >8# "Don't be a cynic and disconsolate preacher. Don't bewail and moan. Omit the negative propositions. Challenge us with incessant affirmatives. Don't waste yourself in rejection, or bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good." Ralph Waldo Emerson Edited by Nightowl March 10, 2004, 02:41:38 PM EST Expand All History

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