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Originally Posted by Chimaera182 I'm part Irish; everyone's tried to kill my ancestors at one time or another.  Damn you, George Washington! |
That explains our famed insanity and aggression, dontcha think?
By the way, I always found it amusing that Georgie grew marijuana, and now our government is doing their utmost to keep it illegal.
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Originally Posted by penguin_king meh... i'm british. i'm not affected by nazis nor amercan currency.. you can keep your austrian dollars |
Do the British not teach in school any longer the whole situation they were in during the early 19th century?
WOW. YOU might not be, that you can see anyhow, but really....the Nazi's did a number on your country a ways back.
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Originally Posted by C Elegans I am neither of Native American nor Jewish descent, but I certainly think there is no difference. Genocide is genocide no matter what group of people is the victim, and genocide of Jews are not more horrible than genocide on any other group of people. The concept of Hitler stands as a symbol of unthinkable evil for many people in Western society because it happened here, right among us, at our home streets to people who were like you and me. It is again the "proximity principle" of human thinking: what is more like me and closer to me, feels more important.
I don't think that a person who represents such a discriminative and inhumane ideology should be honoured officially by having his portrait on the bill, but I know it is in all imperialistic cultures to honour those who slaughtered others. |
*nods* Exactly my thoughts on the matter. I find it disturbing to hold in my hand money that has faces printed on it which happened to have been slave holders and murderers during their lifetimes, most especially the portrait of Andrew Jackson.