From: lilly@nhmfl.fsu.edu (Leonhard Lilly)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Re: Yehudi Menuhin...
Date: 14 Nov 92 00:25:03 GMT
Organization: Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee
	32306, USA

In article <lg508rINN367@dimebox.cs.utexas.edu> werner@cs.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig) writes:
>  Thomas Richardson <tr2g+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
> >Any reactions to the following (I was pretty shocked to read this):
> 
> > BERLIN (UPI) -- World acclaimed violinist Sir Yehudi Menuhin Tuesday
> > called for German neo-Nazis to be whipped.
> > ``About these neo-Nazis, I believe these people must feel a strong
> > response... I have nothing against their receiving 40 lashes of a whip,''
> 
> 	yep!   my reaction is that
> 
> 	(a) it wasn't "wise" or "diplomatic" of YM to have made this statement
	               ^^^^      ^^^^^^^^^^
> 	    'on the record' (if that's what he did), but as an artist and
> 	    social and cultural personality, he doesn't have to be wise or
> 	    diplomatic in his pronouncements on this subject matter.

definitely not!!

> 
> 	(b) it was "questionable" to consider this "news-worthy" and put it
> 	    into circulation (journalists can be such mindless critters)

I agree. But how dare they going against one of the good guys?

> 
> 	(c) when I think about some of the things I have heard done by
> 	    the candidates for lashing, I think this is a symbolic statement
						          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 	    by YM - with which I FULLY agree (in sentiment) - which isn't
> 	    intented to be put into practice, but rather encouraging that the
> 	    laws should be applied to the fullest and harshest extent against
> 	    any tom-foolery with Nazi ideas, behaviors (and all human scum,
	    ^^^                       ^^^^^  ^^^^^^^^^		^^^^^^^^^^
> 	    in general); 

So one party is allowed to make "symbolic statements" and the others
not? BTW, thank you for pointing out who is human scum and who is not.
Ever since the invention of technicolor, the world isn't black and white
for me anymore and I have more difficulties than you telling the "good"
from the "bad".


>			 yes, I would willingly and personally apply the whip
> 	    to Nazi scum from 50 years ago, and "reborn" ones today, in defense
> 	    of refugees and anyone else they decide to attack....
> 	    ("...words will never hurt me", but criminal action I will not
> 	     tolerate, and a good whipping "right on the spot" seems rather
> 	     appealing)

Ask you local chapter of AI if they are willing to endorse you on that...

> 
> 
> 	so, Thomas, how "shocked" do you routinely get when you read about
> 	"atrocious acts" rather than a few words?  do you start foaming at
> 	the mouth?!?
> -- 
>   werner@cs.utexas.edu |  ..!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!werner | werner@UTXVM.bitnet
> 
>               "Free Advice and Opinions -- Refunds Available"

Just wondering..

Leo

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