tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post4660988326077723049..comments2024-03-27T17:41:25.434-06:00Comments on The Blog Fodder: Remember Us by Martin Small and Vic Shayne - a book reviewThe Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-68931262767850176162019-01-04T14:19:26.182-06:002019-01-04T14:19:26.182-06:00Far more than 100 million. WWII and the Great Leap...Far more than 100 million. WWII and the Great Leap Forward accounted for 40 million deaths each. No, I don't hold out for fewer in this century either, I am afraid. The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-49782242739320717342019-01-02T15:03:08.319-06:002019-01-02T15:03:08.319-06:00Humans killed more than 100 million of their own s...Humans killed more than 100 million of their own species in the 2oth century alone. I sure hope we do better in this century, but I don't have any faith that we will. jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357820440454534635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-51000005178003818392019-01-02T12:57:07.810-06:002019-01-02T12:57:07.810-06:00Humans have never really stopped. In our lifetime...Humans have never really stopped. In our lifetime there is East Timor, Pol Pot, Rwanda, Yugoslavia in the 90s,the Tamils and the Rohingya, just to name a few. Closer to home we have Ecole Polytechnique, Dylan Roof, Pittsburg Synagogue and so on forever. The lynchings and mass murders of Blacks would return in a flash, as you say, if people felt they had "permission". <br />We think we The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-49945719595865242082019-01-02T12:11:20.163-06:002019-01-02T12:11:20.163-06:00Holocaust stories horrify me. Partly because it m...Holocaust stories horrify me. Partly because it makes me sick to think that so-called human beings could commit atrocities like that; and mostly because I know that given the opportunity, today's hate-filled people wouldn't hesitate to do the same thing against the minority of their choosing. *shudders*Diane Hendershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07563115165301223420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-12310143068121198332019-01-01T15:34:20.432-06:002019-01-01T15:34:20.432-06:00It is not just Antisemitism though that is one of ...It is not just Antisemitism though that is one of the oldest. It is hatred from anyone who is different: Black, Brown, Muslim, Gay, Feminist. Given the vitriol spewed in comments sections and the small numbers of murders and brutality on the streets because they are given permission by Trump to hate, it would not take much more freedom to see both raging mobs and orderly round ups of minorities The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-18618627981081573882019-01-01T15:29:13.376-06:002019-01-01T15:29:13.376-06:00Should be able to get it. Should be able to get it. The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-74335137768659561552019-01-01T14:57:33.162-06:002019-01-01T14:57:33.162-06:00I wonder if our local library would be able to get...I wonder if our local library would be able to get me this book. I'll ask next time I'm there.Shammickitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11969803866899076638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-38298250493473908952018-12-31T16:01:32.874-06:002018-12-31T16:01:32.874-06:00A testament to the powerful evil of hate, in gener...A testament to the powerful evil of hate, in general, and of antisemitic hate, in particular. An ongoing lesson to us all.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.com