Friday, January 14, 2005

It Goes Deeper Than That

Not just a dumbass, ignorant, too…

Reportedly, individuals around the world are up in arms over Prince (dumbass) Harry and his choice of Nazi attire for a private costume party he recently attended.  Jewish individuals have condemned Harry, as well they should.  Supposedly, Prince Charles was "incandescent with rage," and calls for a proper apology are certainly ringing in Prince Harry’s ears from all the compass points.  Well, except for the Mideast.

Articles, today, note that Harry will make a visit to Poland, as penance, to view first hand, what remains of the horrors which the Nazis visited upon the Jewish people.  This is all well and good, as Harry’s display demonstrated a real lack of understanding of what bastards the Nazis were, and still are, actually, as there are still in this day and age Nazis running around various parts of the world.  And I don’t mean just old Nazis from the days of Hitler.

But this whole brouhaha over Prince Harry is simply a masking of deeper problems, the problems of historical ignorance and moral relativism.  It is also a condemnation of those who purportedly write and teach history. 

Are the evils which the Nazis and Fascism visited upon the world glossed over when brought to children’s minds due to the moral relativism which has draped itself over current thought?  Is only victory over the Germans being taught in schools, and the moral evils of Nazism and Fascism ignored, much like the evils of Socialism are ignored when individuals look at the history of Russia?

As a friend stated in a post on another subject, instead of teaching hand wringing over history to our children, quite possibly we should be teaching them how to "cultivate their contempt." No costume required.

Posted by John Venlet on 01/14 at 04:29 AM
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