Kenneson wrote on Nov 3, 2002 18:40:
I agree with you that the number of Jws murdered by the Nazis can't compare with the Jews, homosexuals, Romany people, and even Catholics, who experienced similar fates
Of course.
a 1974 W.T. seems to be the most balanced
You mean Yearbook, as you corrected in a later post. If you look at my post of Nov 3, 2002 16:15 in this thread, you'll find I already mentioned it:
"after the time of the Watchtower's 1960, 1963, 1973 and 1974 (whose Yearbook entry shifted the blame falsely from Brooklyn to the German JW Balzereit, a smear only retracted 24 years later by the WTS) publications on this subject."
as it contained a major lie by the WTS (but got the numbers about right, sure).
any number is to be deplored
Of course!
With a few "Hausl" exceptions (see Talley's post in the thread!), it isn't the rank & file I am speaking about in any derogatory way. They were the brainwashed victims, the lambs. It is the hypocritical Pharisees in safety in Brooklyn (and some of the JW officials in Germany) who delivered these victims to the brutal Nazi thugs and who deserve to be nailed.
Also, I can't understand how some people try to deny or minimize the Holocaust.
As I said: "They are either crazy, or wicked, or seriously deluded". I have spent much time refuting their ignorant nonsense online, and my material has been used by a few. I remember particularly one moron who claimed expertise at interpreting and "scientifically" analyzing aerial and other photographs, but as I demonstrated he knew nothing of elementary trigonometry, let alone astronomy, vector methods or projective geometry. He did own a camera, though! He probably hates me still. But he did not stop: when I last enquired, he was still mouthing rubbish that I had disproved to him mathematically. Of course, with honesty typical of his tribe, he made no mention of this in his presentations. This type of obsessed fool ignores refutations and just prates on regardless. I remeber another historical expert who "locked" his online guest book (now posts only get through after vetting by him) after I demonstrated that since he could not even spell the names of many of the key Nazis... had got dates wrong... events out of sequence... misattributed quotes... and omitted key facts that invalidated his "conclusions", he should give up history and take up something less intellectually challenging. The peripheral movements are pretty scarey, though, and are worse than the Scientologists when it comes to "vengeance". They settle scores with bats and bars.
I suggest you read all of Jim's posts in this thread and make up your own mind about his views about the crazy, or wicked, or seriously deluded - I can't help with that, other than say he seems to give me the same respect as I afford the Holocaust-Deniers. I wonder why he has the problem with authority figures. Goes back to one's relationship with one's dad, I read - but then all those psychiatrists are nuts, aren't they? Mother said so, but then even the Devil tells the truth from time to time. Oops! Mother said that, too! And where does that leave us?
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Focus
(Cult Deprogrammer Class)
Edited by - Focus on 3 November 2002 21:15:21