Ethical Diversions

Anville Azote anville.azote at gmail.com
Fri Jun 23 10:38:37 CDT 2006


On 6/22/06, jbor at bigpond.com <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.
>

A cheap-shot argument would be to say, "Yeah, but how many Hereros are
running around SoCal and Manhattan Island these days?  I mean, it
ain't like some Herero kid became a hot-shot filmmaker and grew up to
direct Schindler's List."

Like I said, it's a cheap shot.  I do not endorse its validity.

-anv.



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