Searcher08 wrote:Simulist wrote:seemslikeadream wrote:Simulist wrote:Okay. Here's the thing for me: for their own reasons neither C2w nor Alice is here right now to respond. Not only do I find this regrettable, I think criticizing either one of these people who is unavailable to respond is counterproductive, not only for my hopes to see them again, but also for our community in general.
you're here so let's clear the air
Let's.were you or were you not pointing a thinly veiled finger at me being anti-semitic?
Seems, I don't know if you're antisemitic — I still tend to doubt it — but prior to the 80 page thread concerning Mr. Aztmon (who I think is clearly antisemitic), I felt certain that you were not.
When you danced around a very direct question I asked you — quite persistently, I should add — about the uniqueness of the Holocaust, this puzzled me further because it was a simple question, the answer to which is blatantly obvious.
It wasn't my "finger" that was "thinly veiled," rather your answer.
WHAT!!!!???
Surely EVERY genocide in human history is unique?
From dictionary.com
1. existing as the only one or as the sole example; single; solitary in type or characteristics: a unique copy of an ancient manuscript.
2. having no like or equal; unparalleled; incomparable: Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint.
3. limited in occurrence to a given class, situation, or area: a species unique to Australia.
4. limited to a single outcome or result; without alternative possibilities: Certain types of problems have unique solutions.
5. not typical; unusual: She has a very unique smile.
You sound like you are saying that in your mind there is the Holocaust vs 'everything else'? And that if you disagree with that you are an anti-Semite? Am I misreading you?
Searcher, I was trying to answer a specific question Seemslikeadream asked of me concerning an earlier exchange between us. I answered that question.
Regarding your question. I think the Holocaust was unique both in intent and in scope (it was the "Final Solution" intended to exterminate every last Jewish man, woman, and child — and, utterly, to wipe the Jewish people from the face of the earth). To me, these factors are not a matter of debate; they are clear. Those for whom these matters are debatable might not be antisemitic — it's possible that they are terribly under-informed or misinformed — but they also might be. If someone seems determined to remain ignorant of these factors, or simply not to think about them, it does cause one to wonder why.
Still I am not inclined to get too far into the topic of the Holocaust here, in a thread that was originally intended to reach out to Compared2what, which is the purpose for which I posted my remarks, earlier this morning.
