tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post6983789718782304771..comments2024-03-28T17:53:43.541-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: Book Review: My OppositionDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-77679440677617244272018-03-07T16:48:23.015-05:002018-03-07T16:48:23.015-05:00Short version: if I was in the traditional "g...Short version: if I was in the traditional "go back in time and kill Hitler" type story, I'd probably be delivering truck loads of weapons and ammunition to camps and ghettos instead of attempting assassination. Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-38856708237502787142018-03-07T16:47:08.871-05:002018-03-07T16:47:08.871-05:00*wolfish smile* I tend to be on the side of "...*wolfish smile* I tend to be on the side of "do something," too, but my idea of doing something is generally along the lines of arming the victims, so they can defend themselves and whatever supplies I bring*. Enabling them to defend themselves, rather than making them depend on whoever is on my side. <br /><br />For obvious reasons that mostly boil down to human nature and war being ugly and lasting longer than a massacre, this gets a lot of...attention...from most sides. So I think I get a pretty good selection of responses that I disagree with, and reflexively raise an eyebrow at pretty much either viewpoint. <br /><br />* generally as part of a much more involved, long-term project, oddly enough based off of talking (read:listening) to my dad and his ideas on actually <i>helping</i> farmers in other countries, rather than the current "come in, do a bunch of stuff and then drop them" methodFoxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-22436229337146005992018-03-07T13:49:12.360-05:002018-03-07T13:49:12.360-05:00Yeah, I guess I can see that.
Being a supporter...Yeah, I guess I can see that. <br /><br />Being a supporter of intervention, I was struck by it as a "see, see, he agrees that isolationism was the wrong answer" sense.Darwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-68209310188668035442018-03-07T09:54:49.307-05:002018-03-07T09:54:49.307-05:00I did sigh a bit at the whole "how terrible t...I did sigh a bit at the whole "how terrible they didn't do anything" comment, but it's OK because the guy was...well...living in Nazi Germany. I'd be awful upset if I thought someone could stop it and didn't, too.<br /><br />I do notice modern authors seem to split their time between blaming American (and sometimes UK) involvement for the world wars happening at all, and blaming them for not getting involved early enough to stop everything. Sometimes in the same article.....Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-78314452502383231602018-03-06T22:45:32.069-05:002018-03-06T22:45:32.069-05:00I don't think that he blames the Brits and Ame...I don't think that he blames the Brits and Americans for Hitler's rise at all. Indeed, he's pretty vociferous in his condemnation of fellow Germans for supporting Hitler.<br /><br />But I did think it was interesting and worth quoting that he saw the Brits and Americans as world leaders whom he blamed for not having shut down Hitler from the outside when they had the chance. That runs counter to the neo-isolationism of some modern authors.Darwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-23294854648210960832018-03-06T21:06:45.582-05:002018-03-06T21:06:45.582-05:00Yet, blaming it all on the Brits & Americans? ...Yet, blaming it all on the Brits & Americans? What of the many Germans he talks about who supported Hitler's rise? (Sigh) ... someone else's fault... NancyJShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08349920258661271415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-35323423499327059132018-03-05T09:15:54.309-05:002018-03-05T09:15:54.309-05:00Glad he got to meet his grandfather, at least. Glad he got to meet his grandfather, at least. Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-60508238463738848282018-03-04T22:07:02.918-05:002018-03-04T22:07:02.918-05:00The son's story is an interesting one which se...The son's story is an interesting one which seemed too long to lay out in the review which was already looking like being long. Super short version: It sounds like he was a bit of a bad hat. He abandoned his wife when he went into the army (and she eventually left the kids in a Jewish children's home and went off to make her own living) and took up with a French woman with whom he had a daughter. He was also in and out of the black market, was in trouble the army for bad behavior at times, and died under suspicious circumstances.<br /><br />The editor tracked down his grandparents in Germany when he was in the US Navy in the '60s, at which point his grandfather gave him the diaries.Darwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-11184720383730562082018-03-04T21:19:34.363-05:002018-03-04T21:19:34.363-05:00Good point-- especially as he didn't exactly s...Good point-- especially as he didn't exactly scream it from the roof tops. <br /><br />Possibly "the guy who came here right after the Nazis came into power" was regarded with some suspicion. <br /><br />Talk about something that makes me glad we have guns.....Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-20949993341817112452018-03-04T20:23:45.538-05:002018-03-04T20:23:45.538-05:00Because of the danger of openly opposing the regim...Because of the danger of openly opposing the regime, possibly there were other secret opponents of the Nazis of whom Kellner was unaware. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-72396535508552272932018-03-04T20:02:40.215-05:002018-03-04T20:02:40.215-05:00Wondered how long he lived-- died in the 70s-- but...Wondered how long he lived-- died in the 70s-- but in the course, found out what happened to his son.<br /><br />Joined the Army.<br /><br />Worked at a POW camp in France, since he could speak German.<br /><br />Died and was buried there.<br /><br />https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26143915/fred-william-kellnerFoxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-38358362017019205912018-03-04T19:20:38.387-05:002018-03-04T19:20:38.387-05:00“Whom God wants to destroy, he first strikes with ...“Whom God wants to destroy, he first strikes with blindness.”<br /><br />It’s probably not correct to say so, but my inclination is to say “Indeed.”bearinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953735060133330755noreply@blogger.com