Theos-Talk Archives (April 1996 Message tl00194)

In message <199604100236.WAA14650@ultra1.dreamscape.com>, "liesel f.
deutsch" <liesel@dreamscape.com> writes
>Dear John Vorstermans,
>
>I don't know how much of an illusion you think it is, if I live in a country
>where, if I open my mouth to voice an opinion which doesn't conform with the
>Party Line, they'll right away give me a ride to the nearest concentration
>camp, or to a Gulag, have your pick. I don't know how free it is, if my
>German friend's grandfather was made to join the Nazi Party because if he
>hadn't, he would have lost his job at the German Postoffice; nor how free it
>was that she herself joined the Hitler Youth, because the other kids in her
>class threatened to beat her up, if she wouldn't. Incidentally, my cusin
>Eric, who was brought up Unitarian, but had Jewish ancestors, was beaten up
>so badly in 4th grade by his classmates that they broke his nose. I hope you
>don't call that freedom. I don't.
>
>Liesel

NOR DO I

Alan
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