antw. Re: Pynchon, Coetzee, "the Holocaust as metaphor" and more

[lorentzen-nicklaus]

* Apart from its German origin, the Herero genocide could best 
be compared to the Mau-Mau upheavals in Kenia ... Not too long
ago, the 1950s it was, this little genocide where British
gentlemen found fun in killing African children ...

KFL +    




"Malignd" <malignd at yahoo.com> schrieb:
> <<Are you saying I've compared watermelons to gefilte
> fish? 
> 
> No.  The similarities are clear. 
> 
> <<Well, if the Herero genocide is not to be included
> under  "such subjects" along with the Holocaust, what
> historical events are to be included? >>
> 
> I didn't say it shouldn't be included; I said there
> are reasons both good and bad that one is more
> emotionally charged (for many) than the other.  The
> difference in value place by some upon whites in
> Europe versus blacks in Africa being one particularly
> bad reason.
>