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Re: creepy
- From: Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>
- Subject: Re: creepy
- Date: Wed 29 Dec 1999 00.27 (GMT)
Good thing I read Simon's response before I posted my own- sad as it is,
he's absolutely correct.
EK
----- Original Message -----
From: <Klezcorner (at) aol(dot)com>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: creepy
>
> In a message dated 12/28/99 1:25:28 PM, L_Cahan (at) staff(dot)chuh(dot)org
> writes:
>
> << For whatever influence
> > Hitler may have had on the 20th century, it seems a shame to give what
> > could be considered an honor to this man. >>
>
> I think you missed the point of the poll. This is not a poll on who is the
> most popular, but who influenced the course of the world in the 20th
Century,
> be they for the good or the bad.
> That being the criteria, Hitler definitely has my vote. Look at our
music,
> "Zug Nit Kein Mul", "Vie Ahein Zol Ich gein", even "Hatikvah" (in this
case
> the Anthem, not the store) they all came about from a very negative event.
> It would have been better that the reason for these songs and so many
others
> - as well as"Schindler's List" and all the Holocaust Museums in the world
> should not exist today, but unfortunately they do....for this, you can
> "credit" Hitler.
> For me, he is the most influential person of the 20th Century...that in
> itself is a tragedy!
> Simon
>
>
>
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