15 August 2006
The Grass Is Always Deadlier On The Other Side Of The Wall
This week's literary tempest in a teapot is whether Gunter Grass was only a commie stooge, or was a committed Nazi first. I really couldn't care less, he's despicable either way. But it does bring up that age old question: Why are we so forgiving of the Communists?
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But even if we accept that the admiration is for mythical Marxism, in which we fish in the morning, recombine genes in the afternoon and eat our steak dinner as the free gift of the cow, why do Lenin and Stalin, and their apologists like Herr Glass, get a pass?
David:
Perhaps because it is nearly impossible to fully credit slaughter unseen, and even more difficult to, absent some sort of first hand knowledge, comprehend Communism's pervasive, suffocating, awfulness.
Besides, as Peter suggests, claiming to be applied Christianity allows for a lot of slack cutting.
Peter:
the motivating zeitgeist of the intellectual West for nearly a hundred years has been self-contempt. As Skipper shows, it still is.
Boy, did you ever miss the point.
One, and probably the major, reason Communism gets a bye is it attempted to create utopia on earth by imposing what most would consider the finest tenets of Christianity. That such is impossible within the constraints of human nature is now clear, but that doesn't vitiate the original intent.
That was what allowed the slack cutting, and stands as a compliment.
Sheesh.
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