Ethical Diversions

[Paul Mackin]

On Jun 23, 2006, at 11:38 AM, Anville Azote wrote:

> 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.

Even Schindler's List  was viewed by some as fostering an incorrect  
view of the Holocaust.