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Stephen Retired

(190 posts) Mon Jan 26, 2015, 05:17 PM Jan 2015

Auschwitz Survivors Mark Liberation Anniversary [View all]

I went there on a class trip when I was in high school. I expected to sense evil. Instead, all I saw were tawdry buildings.

The real horror is that places like this weren't built by demons. They were built by humans. Homo sapiens is an animal species, and, despite our lofty protestations, the savage is never far from the surface.

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Auschwitz Survivors Mark Liberation Anniversary [View all] Stephen Retired Jan 2015 OP

"Arbeit macht frei" yallerdawg Jan 2015 #1

despite your conservative rationalizations that America would never do this as the Germans Stargazer99 Jan 2015 #2

Hear Hear n/t ReRe Jan 2015 #9

remembrance Piasladic Jan 2015 #3

.... Stuart G Jan 2015 #4

Post removed Post removed Jan 2015 #5

! A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2015 #8

Can happen too easily. Lock people behind fences and don't feed them. They will starve and die. zebonaut Jan 2015 #6

The Tea Party would do this to Liberals in a heartbeat. onehandle Jan 2015 #7