On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 08:28:43 -0800 (PST), Robert Brookes the_robert_brookes@yahoo.com wrote:
--- Sean Barrett sean@epoptic.org wrote:
It takes a truly ignorant and undiscriminating person to compare Auschwitz to Wikipedia.
I did?
No.
You used the phrase "Gestapo-like" to illustrate heavy-handed admins. That was entirely appropiate. The Gestapo image is one that all can appreciate. You then used that to mention the liberation of Holocaust survivors, a day which should receive more commemoration, rather than less.
I was in the Holocaust Memorial Museum yesterday and was sad to see that the place was all but deserted. A few adults and a few schoolchildren. On such a day there should be a queue to get in.
I don't think you were all offensive. On the contrary, you made a reference to an event which we should never forget.