wow.. just a note to myself.. don't stay away four days if you wish to keep up.. I haven't been around for a couple of days and I may have missed a post or two.(I tried to go back and follow them all) The GUEST (?) who is trying to use various names all of whom seem to be names similar to those of "minions of Hitler" I applaud your ability to be anonymous. I have a few things to say and I will do so as succintly as possible at the risk of getting the "you see everything in black and white" label tossed at me.

In regards to "races": I looked at my photo essay book taken by the Apollo astronauts and couldn't see the boundaries on the globe or the different colors for the different countries.So where do you "draw the lines"? Perhaps it is only politics.

I will also point out that this site MUDCAT is about music and that if we want to think about the "monsters" that the Germans were we should all take a clue from that favorite song of mine. Christmas in the Trenches. After singing with someone, how can you shoot at them.. this is what boggles my mind.

Thirdly, and lastly for now, If anyone has ever read a book called The Oracle it was written by O'Connor in the late 1950's about a guy who was a radio commentator. (I think Rush may have read this and modeled himself after the hero). In any event the point I make is that nothing is new and hate was used against misunderstood or threatening peoples forever. Lions ate Christians in Rome the home of the Roman Catholic Church. Things change always and the winners write the history but change isn't a matter of centuries now but minutes and this machine that I am using now is one of the reasons that the changes will be even faster.

If we all just try to not kill or hurt each other I think that is the noblest thing a human can do.

(stepping off soap box)

Thanks..