Chicagoist: Illinois Holocaust Museum Opens

jackson93

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:23:46 -0600

In addition to all of Matilda's good points, I would just like to expand a little bit on #3 & #4. There are somethings in history, like genocide and slavery, that are unimaginably horrific. It is so important to try to understand how these things came to happen - not just the political and historical reasons but the human reasons, the psychological reasons. We struggle to try to understand the unimaginable. The "fascination" is part of trying to understand and trying to prevent. Also, people who suffered such agony, those who survived and those who didn't, and the people who tried to help deserve to be remembered and honored.

JessNevins

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:35:24 -0600

Yes, because stupid is when you lack the ability to discern or have been denied information. Ignorant is when you have the information at hand and willfully reject it for no rational purpose. I apologize to twerps everywhere for casting you in with them. There are some very fine twerps.

matilda

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:30:49 -0600

Fascination? Huh? Not sure I understand the use of the word, so perhaps you could clarify. In any case, a few notes and questions: 1. Have you travelled much? Certain countries in Europe also pay great attention to this part of relatively recent history, and do so through numerous monuments, plaques, educational programs, etc. 2. Many Jews, whether survivors of the Holocaust or their direct descendants, ended up settling in American in the post-war decades; many ended up in the Chicago area. 3. The Holocaust--in fact, the whole Nazi genocide/ethnic-cleansing operation, which resulted in the killing of more than millions of Jews, of course, was one of the bloodiest such efforts in recorded history, and further proof that humanity is capable of extremely dark activities. That alone supports an ongoing "fascination" (your word really fails to capture what is going on here, but you get my point, I hope). 4. One way to prevent a repeat of the bad parts of history is remembering what happened. This is especially true as the generation that directly experienced the event dies off. 5. Would you have something different rather than a "fascination" with this period of history?

jimbo

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:30:13 -0600

No. You don't. Ignorant little twerp. I'm the ignorant one?

JessNevins

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:25:59 -0600

I sincerely hope you get slapped in the mouth by someone who knows you and reads that. Do you know...ANYTHING about the history and population of Skokie, the Shoah or populations of survivors? No. You don't. Ignorant little twerp.

jimbo

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:21:46 -0600

America's fascination with the Holocaust is something I doubt that I'll ever understand.