[Vision2020] When is it and when is it not my business? (update)

[Andreas Schou]

On 11/8/06, heirdoug at netscape.net <heirdoug at netscape.net> wrote:
> Artie, Is this what you had in mind?!
>
> Well that would be exactly the same as:
> On April 1, the Nazi Propaganda Minister, Joseph Goebbels, declared a
> national boycott against German Jews. The boycott was carefully planned
> to begin simultaneously in every city and town at 1OAm. Uniformed, and
> often armed, guards were placed in front of every store or business
> owned by Jews. Customers were prevented from entering. Guards were also
> placed at the offices of Jewish lawyers and doctors.
>
> Jewish businesses and department stores, which were a prominent part of
> the community, became convenient targets for the boycotts. The modern
> department store, with its fixed and low prices, was blamed for
> Germany's economic crisis. Nazi propaganda claimed that all department
> stores were in Jewish hands and were a danger to the German middle
> class.  As part of the boycott, signs were posted warning, "Jewish
> store!  Whoever buys here will be photographed." Trucks, with Nazis
> bearing signs, patrolled the streets. The signs proclaimed, "Germans!
> Defend yourselves! Don't buy from Jews!"

Doug --

Neither you nor I believe that religion is meaningless, that all
religions are due equal treatment, save, in my case, by the state, and
neither of us believe that religion is without political consequences.
Please stop pretending that you do.

-- ACS