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In reply to the discussion: I got the meaning of "Schindler's List" completely wrong! [View all]JayhawkSD
(3,163 posts)26. Actually, the message of Schindler's List
Is that in the midst of the worst horror imaginable there will always emerge examples of courage and kindness. No matter how many evil people surround you, if you keep your mind and eyes open you will always find one person like Oskar Schindler who will risk his life and spend his fortune to do the right thing.
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That is funny because I live in an area with lots of Jews and most of my friends are Jewish
hollysmom
Jul 2014
#129
packman, I'm not sure I get your meaning. Are you saying there are not even 10 Palestinians
DesertDiamond
Jul 2014
#19
"They just want their land " Without taking sides I want to point out that no one has an eternal
rhett o rick
Jul 2014
#189
People will fight for land! Always have and always will. But no one has an eternal right to
rhett o rick
Jul 2014
#201
If it is targeted a a certain group of people. It always starts with the idea
R. Daneel Olivaw
Jul 2014
#205
It's not enough to stand idly by while a military junta kills in the name of your religion.
randome
Jul 2014
#199
Agree about Afghanistan. But Israel isn't threatening to kill their own people.
randome
Jul 2014
#202
I disagree with your interpretation of "the lesson". IMO the lesson has nothing to do
rhett o rick
Jul 2014
#191
Is it wrong to defend your citizens against an enemy shooting rockets at them?
NaturalHigh
Jul 2014
#7
'Defend your citizens'? This is how you defend them: give up some of the fucking land!
randome
Jul 2014
#29
Give up the land they stole. "Anything necessary", the generals say. They don't mean that at all.
randome
Jul 2014
#34
Agreed - the generals didn't mean "give in to our enemies and run like hell."
NaturalHigh
Jul 2014
#38
I think the United Nations had something to do with the creation of Israel.
NaturalHigh
Jul 2014
#105
Quotes, because they happen whether they really occur, as they genuinely do at times,
GoneFishin
Jul 2014
#223
Those are the equivalent of the tactics that were used to drive the Indians off their territory
onenote
Jul 2014
#227
Hamas may theoretically wish to eradicate Israel, but if you look at the actual
nomorenomore08
Jul 2014
#132
Were we defending our citizens when we used phosphorous bombs to burn Iraqi
rhett o rick
Jul 2014
#192
Is it wrong to place people in a concentration camp on the basis of their ethnicity and religion
intaglio
Jul 2014
#143
well, the stuff behind "a right to exist" and "never again" only belong to Zionists
stupidicus
Jul 2014
#12
that movie was frightening and would certainly make any would be "agents"
ProfessorPlum
Jul 2014
#49
I see - the victimization of people is wrong if the state is getting rid of "undesirables"
ProfessorPlum
Jul 2014
#46
No ... just that there are different types and degrees of victimization and ...
frazzled
Jul 2014
#69
Right-wingers are the same everywhere. As long as the right-wing Likud Party is in the majority
w4rma
Jul 2014
#33
Well duh, killing white people is wrong. Killing brown people and taking their land
Exultant Democracy
Jul 2014
#56
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jul 2014
#57
I am sure that you know that there are many Jews within Israel and in the US who have
CTyankee
Jul 2014
#68
I am aware of that - or at least I am aware of the possibility that there must be
ProfessorPlum
Jul 2014
#72
The sad fact also remains that at least IMO Hamas doesn't care too much for the Palestinians
CTyankee
Jul 2014
#81
I say you don't make up for your suffering by trying to pass it on.....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2014
#87
Then you must think the entire history of Israel has vanished into some non-existent ether.
delrem
Jul 2014
#150
Thank you. You summed up my feelings perfectly. It bothers me to come here and see this as
jillan
Jul 2014
#177
We saw many of our guys willing to risk their lives fighting fascism overseas wholeheartedly
brewens
Jul 2014
#156
If you are saying the message is that it's wrong for people to be treated as the Nazi's did,
rhett o rick
Jul 2014
#198
Using the holocaust as a comparison may indeed be inappropriate, but the OP does have a
randys1
Jul 2014
#226