Gaza under attack by Israel

[osan]

The German and Ottoman Empires are long gone nearly a century ago.

You need to learn the difference between a map and the terrain it represents. In this specific case you need to train yourself to recognize Empire even where the term is absent from the title. The USA is by all means an Empire despite "Empire" not being part of the official name. Analysis 001. This is your free lesson for today and you are welcome.

Let me add that a key aspect of adept analytical work is the ability to separate the signal from the noise, thereby allowing one to identify the fundamental mechanisms at work in a given circumstance. Without this, a person spends their time mired in the meaningless details attached to the root issues. This, of course, prevents them from identifying the real questions. This shortcoming is almost universal. Proportionally speaking, very few people possess this training and are, therefore, at the very best second rate analysts. This is a very serious problem and can hardly be overstated.

[RockEnds]

When I was in Germany, my friend's child got all big-eyed when she saw a black person. My friend said there weren't many blacks in Germany, since the Nazi's. I had no idea! So I started reading, and found all the groups you listed, plus others (Jehovah's Witnesses come to mind) were also victims of the holocaust.

I pointed that out to an evangelical once, ad was accused of lying. Because I am anti-semitic.

It was unreal - like the fact that the Jews weren't the only persecuted group was somehow offensive to the Jews.

I still don't get it.

Each time I come here, I learn I've lived a sheltered life! I didn't know that it's not common knowledge that many other groups were sent to the camps.

When I was in Germany, we were stationed at the post at Wildflecken, a former Displaced Persons camp. Poles were the primary residents. We initially stayed at the gasthaus on post, so to kill some time I went to the library and checked out a book on the place. I have not seen it since, but it was an excellent read. It primary deals with the Poles at Wildflecken, but it gets into the larger picture including finding a place in the world for these various groups of dislocated people. I found it very informative.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...the-wild-place