Pants is right

you two spitting out clich? sorrow with very little substance means absolutely nothing. I would think white water rafting and Auschwitz is no better or worse than anything else... but what's the significance of going to see something. The holocaust was terrible but visiting Auschwitz is just juvenile orientalism manifesting through self assurance that you are on some moral march against the evils of man without doing a f**king thing but gawking at the space where people died.

Felt the same at ground zero, same in various parts of the Congo, same in tiananmen square and same in Palestine. Don't be too fooled by the rhetoric of your forefathers.

Posted By: ChengdeCanary on June 6th 2012 at 18:57:23

Message Thread

Re Auschwitz post below (General Chat) - Old Man, Jun 6, 18:41:04
- The thing with Auschwitz (I'm not shit stirring) (General Chat) - harry boulders, Jun 6, 18:56:59
  - Quite. This is why I got upset in my first hotel! (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Jun 6, 18:58:01
- Antisemitism manifests in many parts of history (General Chat) - pants, Jun 6, 18:45:54
  - That's true (General Chat) - Old Man, Jun 6, 18:53:30
    - Agreed (General Chat) - norway, Jun 6, 18:59:04
  - That means absolutely fucking nothing (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Jun 6, 18:47:09
    - I appreciate you mongs are gagging for a scrap (General Chat) - pants, Jun 6, 18:48:24
      - Old Man is making a grown up point (General Chat) - norway, Jun 6, 18:51:03
        
        Pants is right (General Chat) - ChengdeCanary, Jun 6, 18:57:23
        
        Not sure how the way you felt has any bearing on how anyone else would feel. (General Chat) - tudders, Jun 6, 19:10:10
        
        But it is a useful trigger/aid to think through things... (General Chat) - Old Man, Jun 6, 19:04:33
        
        it's as much about distance from an event i guess (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 6, 19:19:52
        
        ^^What he said. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jun 6, 19:14:53
        
        Well said - the scale of Auschwitz-Birkenau is incredible (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 6, 19:11:36
        
        agree (General Chat) - ChengdeCanary, Jun 6, 19:11:28
        
        But the pedestal you talk of (General Chat) - norway, Jun 6, 19:25:20
        
        thats what I said (General Chat) - ChengdeCanary, Jun 6, 19:26:57
        
        Thought it might be (General Chat) - norway, Jun 6, 19:33:03
        
        Damn iPhone (General Chat) - Old Man, Jun 6, 19:05:55
        
        Wow (General Chat) - norway, Jun 6, 19:01:16
        
        Some people are capable of rustling up a human emotion though (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Jun 6, 19:00:31
        
        and some clearly aren't! (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Jun 6, 19:02:04
- I was there on a stag do about five years ago (General Chat) - norway, Jun 6, 18:45:40
  - Think it would have ruined the stag (General Chat) - Old Man, Jun 6, 18:46:53
    - Well that was the point (General Chat) - norway, Jun 6, 18:48:15

Reply to Message

In order to add a post to the WotB Message Board you must be a registered WotB user.

If you are not yet registered then please visit the registration page. You should ensure that their browser is setup to accept cookies.