2006/12/12 New York
Psychology
Holocaust conference
The New York Times on the holocaust conference in Iran: 'Bendikt Frings, 48, a psychologist from Germany, said he believed that Mr. Ahmadinejad was “an honest, direct man.” He said he had come to the conference to thank the president for what he had initiated.
“We are forbidden to have such a conference in Germany,” he said. “All my childhood, we waited for something like this.” '
I would like to become a patient of Mr. Frings. Maybe I can study his methods. Or write an article: Among the deniers.
Above all, Mr. Frings seems to me an honest and probably hardworking man.
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Who is this "we" in his childhood exactly? We the parents, we the children who were indoctrinated? We the dumb ones?
First, the denial of the industrial mass murder of Jews (and some other human species) in Europe is an insult to Western technological capacities and ideological determination.
Second, the roots of all nations are dripped in the blood of their beaten predecessors; so why not the roots of the relative new German Nation?
Third, every nation needs a myth, merely to justify its existence.
Fourthly and more sadly, those myths always refer to real violence.
So what are you denying, dear Mr. Ahmadinejad? The past massacres or the ones that you hope for? No offence, but your conference won’t impress me. Although I can understand the fatal attraction you have on some persons, you are a nice looking chap. (See Sartre and Mao, Heidegger and Hitler, Konrad and Bush,… it happens).
Second, the roots of all nations are dripped in the blood of their beaten predecessors; so why not the roots of the relative new German Nation?
Third, every nation needs a myth, merely to justify its existence.
Fourthly and more sadly, those myths always refer to real violence.
So what are you denying, dear Mr. Ahmadinejad? The past massacres or the ones that you hope for? No offence, but your conference won’t impress me. Although I can understand the fatal attraction you have on some persons, you are a nice looking chap. (See Sartre and Mao, Heidegger and Hitler, Konrad and Bush,… it happens).
We are speaking to Mr. Ahmadinejad via Grunbergs blog? Do we think Mr. Ahmadinejad is going to read this comment on a comment? Or are we just portraying our save opinions via a third party?
Who are we?
Who are we?
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