Adam Bond, the Middleborough selectman who led the effort to bring casino gambling to town, wants you to know that he would never, ever be so gross as to compare casino opponents to Nazis. Just like the pro-casino folks at Casino-friend.com would never, ever stoop so low as to compare us to the Ku Klux Klan.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
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Clearly, this is an inflammatory accusation that distracts from the facts surrounding the non-existent casino.
Each time factual issues were raised, the convicted rapist, Glenn Marshall waved the banner of racism after proclaiming his great military sacrifice about which he had lied.
Many of us have been flooded with calls and emails all day regarding Mr. Bond's offensive post.
Let's return to a discussion regarding the facts and raise the level of discourse above Mr. Bond's gutter height.
Accusations such as this define the casino supporters, not the opponents.
My comment on MiddleboroReview reads:
To use a reference to the Holocaust
to advance an argument regarding the
casino debate is insensitive at best,
morally bankrupt at worst. It diminishes
the persecution, suffering, and mass
genocide of millions instigated by an evil
madman. Hitler's 'final solution' for all
those who didn't fit his Aryan model
represents the ultimate in man's inhumanity
to man. And it pains me deeply to see
its effects diminished by an off-hand
personal remark attempting to imply local
racism.
The atrocities and genocide of the Third
Reich must never be forgotten. Nor should
the memories of those who were castrated by fear
then killed be abused. We must remember what
happened to honor the memory of those who were
sacriced and to insure it never happens again.
Steven Spielberg documented in film the horrific
stories of Holocaust survivors as part of his
Shoah Project. Their stories are brutal and
unnerving, but their voices must be heard.Also,
anyone visiting the Holocaust Museum in Washington
should request access to the archives to see the
volumes of evidence forever indicting the Third
Reich for its war crimes.
Perhaps the most traumatizing experience at the
Holocaust Museum is the small booth displaying
photographs of corpses of mentally retarded
children disfigured by Dr. Mengele.
I can not sit silently and read a comparison
of the Nazi Culture of Death with implied
racism toward area citizens who disagree with
a Casino. There is no comparison.
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