Comments for Ken's Blog http://blog.kenperlin.com Because the future has just started Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:20:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on Pogo was right by davidmaas http://blog.kenperlin.com/?p=4580&cpage=1#comment-58557 davidmaas Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:47:35 +0000 http://blog.kenperlin.com/?p=4580#comment-58557 Fantastic link! Thanks! Fantastic link! Thanks!

]]> Comment on Pogo was right by admin http://blog.kenperlin.com/?p=4580&cpage=1#comment-58532 admin Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:46:33 +0000 http://blog.kenperlin.com/?p=4580#comment-58532 Katrin, thank you for posting that link. I hope many people here read it and understand its significance. Katrin, thank you for posting that link. I hope many people here read it and understand its significance.

]]> Comment on Pogo was right by Katrin Becker http://blog.kenperlin.com/?p=4580&cpage=1#comment-58323 Katrin Becker Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:25:20 +0000 http://blog.kenperlin.com/?p=4580#comment-58323 This is worth reading - even if you just read the posted excerpt: They Thought They Were Free The Germans, 1933-45 Milton Mayer http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/511928.html That slippery slope is very gradual, and very difficult to see from the inside, especially when pride is involved. This is worth reading - even if you just read the posted excerpt:

They Thought They Were Free
The Germans, 1933-45
Milton Mayer
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/511928.html

That slippery slope is very gradual, and very difficult to see from the inside, especially when pride is involved.

]]> Comment on Pogo was right by Dagmar http://blog.kenperlin.com/?p=4580&cpage=1#comment-58322 Dagmar Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:18:43 +0000 http://blog.kenperlin.com/?p=4580#comment-58322 The inviolability of human dignity is the most important thing to learn and as it seems the easiest thing to forget, if fear, the feeling of powerlessness and hurt take in. It makes people look for the easiest way out. Prejudices are easy and convenient, especially in a world that gets more and more complex. There is no reason for reasoning, if one can hate. The jews, the Americans, the muslims, the Germans, the ....We all seem to be to happy to forget, that we talk about Ken, Khalid, Mike, Dagmar.... And I am doing something I have heard you better should not do in the US I am quoting a real! communist (Rosa Luxemburg): Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently. Does this mean, I am a communist myself? Just guess... @Ken: As I said: "I'll be back!" :-) The inviolability of human dignity is the most important thing to learn and as it seems the easiest thing to forget, if fear, the feeling of powerlessness and hurt take in. It makes people look for the easiest way out. Prejudices are easy and convenient, especially in a world that gets more and more complex. There is no reason for reasoning, if one can hate.

The jews, the Americans, the muslims, the Germans, the ….We all seem to be to happy to forget, that we talk about Ken, Khalid, Mike, Dagmar….

And I am doing something I have heard you better should not do in the US I am quoting a real! communist (Rosa Luxemburg):
Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.

Does this mean, I am a communist myself? Just guess…

@Ken: As I said: “I’ll be back!” :-)

]]> Comment on Pogo was right by Mari http://blog.kenperlin.com/?p=4580&cpage=1#comment-58196 Mari Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:10:55 +0000 http://blog.kenperlin.com/?p=4580#comment-58196 Yes but, in NYC for example the double-standard is everywhere. For example public schools this week will observe Jewish holidays and there will be no school on Thursday and Friday, but they will not observe Islamic holidays. I don't know in other states though, maybe just NYC... Yes but, in NYC for example the double-standard is everywhere. For example public schools this week will observe Jewish holidays and there will be no school on Thursday and Friday, but they will not observe Islamic holidays. I don’t know in other states though, maybe just NYC…

]]> Comment on Pogo was right by admin http://blog.kenperlin.com/?p=4580&cpage=1#comment-58182 admin Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:06:44 +0000 http://blog.kenperlin.com/?p=4580#comment-58182 Exactly! Beautifully said Katrin, thank you. I just hope Americans realize this before they slip too far into letting fear destroy them from within. Exactly! Beautifully said Katrin, thank you. I just hope Americans realize this before they slip too far into letting fear destroy them from within.

]]> Comment on Pogo was right by Katrin Becker http://blog.kenperlin.com/?p=4580&cpage=1#comment-58175 Katrin Becker Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:44:00 +0000 http://blog.kenperlin.com/?p=4580#comment-58175 Anyone who believes their country is exempt from the kind of tyranny that gripped Germany in the 30's is deluded (and therefore in danger of letting it happen on their doorstep). Ordinary German citizens were and are no weaker than any other citizen. Neither are Americans stronger. "Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander." Holocaust Museum, Washington, DC. Anyone who believes their country is exempt from the kind of tyranny that gripped Germany in the 30’s is deluded (and therefore in danger of letting it happen on their doorstep).

Ordinary German citizens were and are no weaker than any other citizen. Neither are Americans stronger.

“Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander.” Holocaust Museum, Washington, DC.

]]> Comment on Attic, part 72 by admin http://blog.kenperlin.com/?p=4569&cpage=1#comment-57946 admin Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:26:52 +0000 http://blog.kenperlin.com/?p=4569#comment-57946 You call 'em, I haul 'em. :-) You call ‘em, I haul ‘em.

:-)

]]> Comment on Attic, part 72 by sally http://blog.kenperlin.com/?p=4569&cpage=1#comment-57941 sally Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:07:47 +0000 http://blog.kenperlin.com/?p=4569#comment-57941 I grok it, you lock it. I grok it, you lock it.

]]> Comment on It’s in the blood by admin http://blog.kenperlin.com/?p=4540&cpage=1#comment-57756 admin Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:09:11 +0000 http://blog.kenperlin.com/?p=4540#comment-57756 Heather, your entry makes me think of the Genesis song "That's All", which you can hear <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR-ixnPtxU8 target=1 rel="nofollow">on YouTube</a>. These are the lyrics: Just as I thought it was going alright I find out I'm wrong, when I thought I was right It's always the same, it's just a shame, that's all I could say day, you'd say night Tell me it's black when I know that it's white It's always the same, it's just a shame, that's all I could leave but I won't go Though my heart might tell me so I can't feel a thing from my head down to my toes So why does it always seem to be Me looking at you, you looking at me It's always the same, it's just a shame, that's all Turning me on, turning me off Making me feel like I want too much Living with you's just putting me through it all of the time Running around, staying out all night Taking it all instead of taking one bite Living with you's just putting me through it all of the time Truth is I love you More that I wanted to There's no point in trying to pretend There's been no-one who Makes me feel like you do Say we'll be together till the end Heather, your entry makes me think of the Genesis song “That’s All”, which you can hear on YouTube.

These are the lyrics:

Just as I thought it was going alright
I find out I’m wrong, when I thought I was right
It’s always the same, it’s just a shame, that’s all
I could say day, you’d say night
Tell me it’s black when I know that it’s white
It’s always the same, it’s just a shame, that’s all

I could leave but I won’t go
Though my heart might tell me so
I can’t feel a thing from my head down to my toes
So why does it always seem to be
Me looking at you, you looking at me
It’s always the same, it’s just a shame, that’s all

Turning me on, turning me off
Making me feel like I want too much
Living with you’s just putting me through it all of the time
Running around, staying out all night
Taking it all instead of taking one bite
Living with you’s just putting me through it all of the time

Truth is I love you
More that I wanted to
There’s no point in trying to pretend
There’s been no-one who
Makes me feel like you do
Say we’ll be together till the end

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