January 28, 2005
Commentary:
Just another day (part II)...
By Jack GrantThere has been a startling silence from the weblogs on my usual reading list about the 60th anniversary of the "liberation" of Auschwitz, if you can call the occupation and subsequent decades of ostensible Communist rule "liberation"...
There has been one exception, but unfortunately, that exception has been more to make a point regarding politics in the US rather than a more universal statement.
Never forget...
Never forget...
But we already have...
Millions upon millions were murdered because they were easy to blame by those who wanted power. The same ones who had been blamed by Christendom for more than a thousand years before 1930.
Never forget...
Yet, we have, some forgot long ago:
RawandaSudan
Somalia
Cambodia
North Korea
Soviet Union
People's Republic of China
The list goes on and on...
Never forget...
Millions upon millions have died since 1945 for no better reason than that given for those annihilated by the Nazis, because of their heritage and their faith.
Never forget...
Even now, there are those in the United States who call for destroying all those who proclaim themselves Muslim.
Never forget...
But we already have...
For many, all it took was one day, one terrible day, September 11, 2001.
How short our memories of the teachings of the One we call our Savior, how long our memories of our injuries.
Never forget...
But we already have...
It is human nature to hate "the other", and it is only the very rare leader who rises above human nature to proclaim "do not hate the other, love him instead." Many of the followers of One of the men (whom many proclaim was the Son of God), who was crucified almost 2000 years ago because the ones with some small power at the time felt threatened by Him and rejected His teachings, those who even though they say they are His most vocal adherents do not truly follow His teachings, are instead are some of the loudest clamorers for the death of "the other."
Never forget...
But we already have...
It is so easy to say "kill those who kill us", so easy to forget when we are offended, when we are attacked.
Never forget....
But we already have...
Posted by Jack Grant at 20:42 on 28 January 2005
