GRGR Re: German sadism

[Paul Mackin]

On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, miriam fernandez-santiago wrote:

> I just happened to find some more examples of sadism mixed with WWII.  I
> was wondering if
> it has a historical explanation or just it is very easy to make the
> connection between war
> violence and sexual violence.

Sort of thought that might have been what you had in mind rather than
some actual psychosexual characterological trait found in WWII 
Germans. The undeniable similarities between war and sex with regard to
violence  gets played to the hilt in Gravity's Rainbow with sex tending 
almost to be the more violent and possibly the more significant of the two
fields of battle.  But the facts in the case were probably less salacious.
As Derek sez.

However if we want to bring nationality into the discussion there's a
German Shepherd living next door I certainly wouldn't want to meet in a
dark alley. Very powerful jaws. :-)

				P.