Ford and Schindler

[Steelhead]

A few days ago davemarc announced how pleased he was that the Ford Motor
Company was sponsoring the broadcast of Schindler's List. I too think this
is quite a feat, though probably for different reasons.

Henry Ford, afterall, was a raging anti-Semite, who sent his Jew baiting
tracts to Hitler in 1939. The tickled Furher used to hand out Ford's
ravings to guests at Berchtesgaden.

The Ford Motor Company was pre-eminent among American corporations for
continuing to do business with the Nazi's well into the war and well after
their intentions toward the Jews were known.

Now look how easy it is for Ford to atone. There should have been war
crimes trials, where Ford, GE, Texaco, and Standard Oil executives could've
been held up for public obloquy and sentenced to long prison terms or the
quiet exit of cyanide capsules.

See how swiftly history has been elided.

Steely