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Thread #151520 Message #3540765
Posted By: GUEST,SJL
23-Jul-13 - 09:32 AM
Thread Name: Folklore/History: Irish Famine
Subject: RE: Folklore/History: Irish Famine
Oh dear.
One of our local WWII heroes just passed away and a friend of mine who had spent time with Frank, corresponded with him and reported on his war experiences, specifically Frank's involvement in liberating Dachau, wrote this:
"Imagination cannot conjure the awful scenes Frank Brechue witnessed at one of history's blackest spots. "I'm not an overly religious man" he wrote, but "Lord we ask you- hear our prayer." All were brought to their knees as they wandered Dachau."
So the question I would ask is, if the Germans had won the war, do you think the real truth about what happened there would have ever gotten out? I think not. The Germans were compelled to admit the truth because they lost. If you don't lose, you don't have to admit anything.
In regard to the genocide perpetrated by the Soviet government, it was actually a Welsh journalist named Gareth Jones who first broke that story. He went there and witnessed it with his own eyes and reported truthfully what he saw. He later turned up dead under suspicious circumstances at the young age of 30.
Listening to you guys, I begin to wonder if this British person I mentioned was just catering to my "perception" of things. Maybe he doesn't really believe it himself. Wouldn't surprise me. In any case, I'm inclined to accept Jim Carroll's version of events. Just because he's an ornery son of a bitch, doesn't mean he doesn't know his shit. And as long as you keep on whitewashing the truth, I'm sure you'll never hear the multi-colored end of it.
And it's not over here in the US either. It seems to me that the majority of US citizens are of the opinion that Native Americans should be stripped of the last vestiges of their rights under treaty. Yesterday it was fur, today it's tobacco and casinos. They won't stop until they have broken every treaty they ever made and taken every last thing from them. They use the word "equality" to make their point that Native Americans should hold no economic advantage over them. It's so sad too because most of them are so poor already. Have you ever seen a census report? They are such a tiny minority now, they barely exist. An entire race of people very nearly wiped out. Clearance.
http://www.writingriffs.com/2012/11/logans-lamen/
Chief Logan's tomb is inscribed with those words, in Fort Hill Cemetery, practically in my backyard, and not far from William Seward's. The life of Chief Logan, a very sad tale indeed.