Ethical Diversions

Dave Monroe monropolitan at yahoo.com
Fri Jun 23 08:53:20 CDT 2006


Another not-in-and-of-itself-all-too-oblique allusion,
made explicit in V. ...

"... von Trotha ... is reckoned to have done away with
about 60,000 people. This is only 1 per cent of six
million, but still pretty good." (p. 227)

By the way, I found that quote @ ...

http://www.korrespondenz.biz/089.pdf 

http://www.korrespondenz.biz/089.html

Otto, Kai, Kurt-Werner, anyone who actually, uh,
Sprechens sie Deutsch, that of any interest?  Let us
know.  Thanks!


--- jbor at bigpond.com wrote:

> My only reservation about that theory is that he
> seems to have had no qualms whatsoever about
> addressing the Herero genocide in his novels and
> working up fictional characters and scenarios from
> it. I know I've made the point before.

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