She put in a short movie...people talking politics in some court room. Naturally, no one pays attention and whispers among their friends, making jokes and laughing. Who understands politics anyway? Then...a scene comes that is so strong it could stop a train cold, a scene that doesn't need to be explained to be understood.In order to have a more valid reason for trying the accused Nazi leaders of war crimes involving WWII and the Holocaust fairly, they needed better 'proof', better witness. So...somehow, they were able to obtain footage (motion picture) taken by nazi's in(of) their concentration and death camps.
The footage was played for the whole room of participants and observers of the trials... as well as all of us in the classroom. The minute it started, both rooms fell so silent you could have heard a pin drop. As terrible, horror filled images of Madjenek (and others) began playing across the screen...the judges in the movie, as well as in my classroom finally began to realize the extent of what really happened to those innocent people. In the movie, we saw people shake their heads (as we did) and being crying and leaving. No one left in our class, but there were plenty of tears.
It's just terrible. How can civilized people do these things to other...civilized people. You'd have to completely de-humanize them...see them as animals. But even then, who could do that to an animal? It's just mad...completely bloody fucking mad. It gets me all worked up, I know.. but it's horrible. It's in the past, I know. But seeing this, gave me a whole new sympathy. A whole new reality. And now, awareness has taken away any right I ever had to be ungrateful.
Once again....Make love, not war.
"When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?" --Eleanor Roosevelt
Another head hangs lowly/ Child is slowly taken/ And the violence caused such silence/ Who are we mistaken/
But You see it's not me,/ It's not my familyIn your head, in your/ Head they are fighting/ With their tanks, and their bombs/ And their bombs, and their guns/ In your head,/ In your head they are cryin'/ In your head/ Zombie/ What's in your head, in your head/ Zombie/
Another mother's breakin'/ Heart is taking over/ When the violence causes silence/ We must be mistaken/ It's the same old theme since 1916/ In your head,/ In your head they're still fightin'/ With their tanks/ In your head they are dying/
In your head, in your head/ Zombie/ What's in your head, in your head/ Zombie
--"Zombie"-Cranberries (check out "Linger" "Dreams" "Analyse" "Stars" "Promises" "Animal Instinct") http://youtube.com/watch?v=DsW-xYZJ-6M Acoustic 'Zombie'. Dolores Mary O'Riordan Burton has a beautiful voice.
The footage was played for the whole room of participants and observers of the trials... as well as all of us in the classroom. The minute it started, both rooms fell so silent you could have heard a pin drop. As terrible, horror filled images of Madjenek (and others) began playing across the screen...the judges in the movie, as well as in my classroom finally began to realize the extent of what really happened to those innocent people. In the movie, we saw people shake their heads (as we did) and being crying and leaving. No one left in our class, but there were plenty of tears.
It's just terrible. How can civilized people do these things to other...civilized people. You'd have to completely de-humanize them...see them as animals. But even then, who could do that to an animal? It's just mad...completely bloody fucking mad. It gets me all worked up, I know.. but it's horrible. It's in the past, I know. But seeing this, gave me a whole new sympathy. A whole new reality. And now, awareness has taken away any right I ever had to be ungrateful.
Once again....Make love, not war.
"When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?" --Eleanor Roosevelt
Another head hangs lowly/ Child is slowly taken/ And the violence caused such silence/ Who are we mistaken/
But You see it's not me,/ It's not my familyIn your head, in your/ Head they are fighting/ With their tanks, and their bombs/ And their bombs, and their guns/ In your head,/ In your head they are cryin'/ In your head/ Zombie/ What's in your head, in your head/ Zombie/
Another mother's breakin'/ Heart is taking over/ When the violence causes silence/ We must be mistaken/ It's the same old theme since 1916/ In your head,/ In your head they're still fightin'/ With their tanks/ In your head they are dying/
In your head, in your head/ Zombie/ What's in your head, in your head/ Zombie
--"Zombie"-Cranberries (check out "Linger" "Dreams" "Analyse" "Stars" "Promises" "Animal Instinct") http://youtube.com/watch?v=DsW-xYZJ-6M Acoustic 'Zombie'. Dolores Mary O'Riordan Burton has a beautiful voice.
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As always, you have a point. I still have to read Mein Kempf, and will talk about it when I would have read it. Zombie is a great song. I love it.
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