This is really rich. Mahatma Gandhi's grandson says that Jews just need to get over the Holocaust:
It is a very good example of a community can overplay a historic experience to the point that it begins to repulse friends. The holocaust was the result of the warped mind of an individual who was able to influence his followers into doing something dreadful. But, it seems to me the Jews today not only want the Germans to feel guilty but the whole world must regret what happened to the Jews. The world did feel sorry for the episode but when an individual or a nation refuses to forgive and move on the regret turns into anger.
You know who else is one individual that the whole world regrets what happened to? And who gets "overplayed"? Gandhi.
What an a-hole.
Posted by Sarah at January 10, 2008 07:52 AM | TrackBackHave you ever seen the statements made by Gandhi himself about the Holocaust? He said the Jews could only keep the high ground if they marched willingly to their deaths. Eventually the Germans would see the error of their ways, said Gandhi.
Whatever. There is a vast difference between the British Empire and the Nazi war machine.
And Iran, for that matter.
Posted by: airforcewife at January 10, 2008 10:43 AM