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Subject: Charley Wingate's race hatred (con't)
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Date: Tue, 23-Apr-85 07:32:01 EST
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In article <5090@umcp-cs.UUCP> mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate)
writes:

>On the other hand, the uproar over the cemetery visit seems to me to be a
>bit much.  Certainly Reagan should not put himself in the position of
>honoring the death camps and those who worked in them; but saying that no
>German soldiers may be honored as a result seems to me to border on race
>hatred, and by the very group that ought to know better.  I don't see much
>evidence that the average German soldier could have influenced things one
>way or another, and it's perverse to take out one's hatred on modern
>Germany, the majority of who's citizens weren't even born. 

>Those who condemn Reagan's cemetery visit ought to propose another way to
>honor the German war dead. 

     Charley, I've had it with your distribution features.  How dare you    
     accuse the Jews of race hatred.  How dare you say that they're perverse
     for taking out their "hatred on modern Germany."  Aren't you ashamed
     to be always spouting anti-semitic vitriol on this net?  Go take a bath.

     When you want to honor your Anglican Church do you visit the grave of
     Jack the Ripper?  When you wish to show solidarity with people named
     "Charles", do you light a candle for Charles Manson?                    

     Your statement about the average German soldier is an affront to 
     Christian civilization.  Not being able to influence things one way
     or another is a poor excuse for introducing people to Zyklon-B.   
     Maybe that's what you would have done.  But at least a few Christians
     (like Bonhoeffer) died for their beliefs.                   

     Finally, if you want to honor German war dead, visit the graves of      
     Bonhoeffer and other resistance fighters.  Visit the graves of German
     citizens who died for simply being Jews.
     
     To visit the graves of mass-murdering monsters to show solidarity
     with a nation is even below a Charley Wingate.  What's your next idea,
     Chuckles?  Maybe going on a picnic to celebrate the massacres of the  
     American Indians?
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bill peter                              ihnp4!lanl!wkp