Are we losing touch?
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DutchJazzer
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over here in netherland people are defintly losing touch.
as the netherlands in world war 2 had the only database in europe which stated religion in it. so when the germans game it was easy to find all the jews. they learned from that mistake atleast for a couple of years. but lately they want to do the exact same thing building fingerprint databases even talk of dna databases. so if(or i should say when) the next hitler arrives the database can be handed over again.
just imagine what hitler could have done with a dna database. even blue eyed blond people with a tiny negro gene would have been exterminated.
so in a way yes people are losing touch. me on the other am not losing touch. family members disapeared during world war and heard stories from survivors for as long as i can remember.
as the netherlands in world war 2 had the only database in europe which stated religion in it. so when the germans game it was easy to find all the jews. they learned from that mistake atleast for a couple of years. but lately they want to do the exact same thing building fingerprint databases even talk of dna databases. so if(or i should say when) the next hitler arrives the database can be handed over again.
just imagine what hitler could have done with a dna database. even blue eyed blond people with a tiny negro gene would have been exterminated.
so in a way yes people are losing touch. me on the other am not losing touch. family members disapeared during world war and heard stories from survivors for as long as i can remember.
DutchJazzer
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also dont know how you guys on current events in netherlnads are. but have you guys heard of a Geert wilders?
he is early similar to hitller. well except he seems to hate muslims and other (dark skinned)imigrants. and everything that goes wrong in this country he blames it on them
just like htiler blamed teh bad economy on the jews.
it is just scary that that guy even gets votes
he is early similar to hitller. well except he seems to hate muslims and other (dark skinned)imigrants. and everything that goes wrong in this country he blames it on them
just like htiler blamed teh bad economy on the jews.
it is just scary that that guy even gets votes
Haven't heard of that guy. We have people spewing the same sentiments here, only it's illegal Mexicans that cause all the problems.
I'm sure you meant class, and possibly mental aptitude as well. My taste is actually quite refined. Then again, I rep often enough it's probably refined the wrong way.
I did mean class but with that said I don't know you well enough to say whether your taste is well refined or not. It was just too good of a set up by you to pass on.
In fact, I'll give you some pos rep just to say I'm sorry.
Boondocksaint27
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I agree Log, there is a reason that we call the WWII era survivors "The Greatest Generation". I have been doing a lot of reading lately, mostly A Time for Trumpets which is the most complete source (I feel) on the Battle of the Bulge and the events leading up to it. It's quite an amazing story and there are so many heroic stands on the Allied side that it becomes a page turner. Most of these stands outside of St. Vith and Marnach Belgium, I never would have known about had I not read the book. I also watched a biography of the Band of Brothers men of Easy Company. You listen to one of them (I think it was Babe Heffron) telling stories about how people in their hometown committed suicide because they could not serve in the war.
Kind of rambling here, but I guess what I'm getting at is there was a different attitude in the Country then as compared to now.
Kind of rambling here, but I guess what I'm getting at is there was a different attitude in the Country then as compared to now.
I think the attitude was created by circumstances, not just some superior character people possessed back then. That said, we all owe an enormous debt to those who fought and won WWII. We owe it to them (and ourselves really) to not forget their story.
Boondocksaint27
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I can agree with that. My hats off to them though for making the most out of the worst of circumstances. It was incredibly interesting to me to read that book and see just how close the Allies came to losing that fight. Hitler's plan was to seperate their forces through the use of the Ardennes and puch through to Antwerp and valuable oil. By doing this he hoped to accomplish splitting the Allies and negotiate a cease fire so he could re-focus his efforts on the Eastern front. Germany was also close to mass-producing a jet-propelled airplane which would have dominated the skies. According to the book and sources close to the British General Montgomery this came very close to happening.
I would have to say it was United States soldiers finest hour which kept this from happening and changing the face of the war and the world.
I would have to say it was United States soldiers finest hour which kept this from happening and changing the face of the war and the world.
Dick Winters just passed away.
I certainly don't take anything away from the WWII era ladies and gents, but I think what the folks have done in Afghanistan and Iraq are equally awe inspiring.
I read a book a while back that was about a reporter who was embedded in a Marine Force Recon company for most of the Iraqi War (the last one). He had a chapter where he talked about 50% of the American Soldiers swarming out onto the beach at D-Day and being morally unable to shoot to kill. He contrasted that with the company that he was with. 100% of the soldiers were ready to kill as soon as the arrive. Also they discussed about specific ambushes reminded them of specific video game levels. It was interesting to see how our volunteer armed forces are so very different than a conscripted force.