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From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora)
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Subject: Re: The Shame of the President: A Retraction
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Date: Sat, 4-May-85 17:16:00 EDT
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Posted: Sat May  4 17:16:00 1985
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>/* myers@uwmacc.UUCP (Jeff Myers) /  2:13 pm  May  2, 1985 */

>> > At the risk of getting the JDL after me, let me say that you do
>> > yourself, and many others, a dishonor by implying that the majority
>> > of the German people condoned Hitler's actions by serving their
>> > country in time of war.... 
>> 
>> One ought to reflect upon Nazi strength in the last Reichstag before
>> one erroneously assumes that a majority of adult Germans did not
>> apporove of the Nazis' anti-Semitic program.
>> 
>> 					David Rubin

>I take it, then, that the majority of US citizens approve of proxy war
>on Nicaragua because Reagan was elected President.  Remember, campers,
>no-one is elected on single issues.
>
>jeff m

The point is, when the Nazis were elected, their anti-Semitism was well known,
and while many Germans may not have guessed their ultimate plans, they knew
that anti-Semitism and Nationalism were destined to be important themes
in Nazi policy.

						Michael Sykora