Wednesday, December 25, 2002

WorldNetDaily has picked up on the story of the man who was arrested for complaining when airport "security" screeners groped his pregnant wife. I had previously commented on this. As if the story wasn't disgusting enough already, WorldNetDaily has a response from a spokesman for the Orwellian-named Transportation Security Administration. It seems that, although he doesn't comment on this particular case, the things the thugs did to the man's wife are perfectly acceptable according to their policies. All he can say in the TSA's defense is that the "screener" should have told the wife she was going to be groped! comment () trackback ()  10:24:52 PM     The Eternal Nazi: Watching Roman Polanski's The Pianist in Germany. Now, back to the Germans yearning to rediscover their inner Nazis. I have to admit that it is a strange experience to watch a Holocaust film in Germany. It's even stranger when you're the only American in the midst of about 200 Germans. But perhaps the strangest thing of all is to watch the reactions of the Germans as the events of the movie unfold. You hear a lot about how Germans are so ashamed today of the behavior of their countrymen during the Nazi period and about how much they've done to atone for their past sins. Don't buy that bill of goods. If the audience of the screening I attended is any indication of German attitudes in general, it doesn't augur well for the future. Remember, this wasn't an audience composed of skinheads from the neo-Nazi enclaves in Karlsruhe and the former DDR. This was a group of Germany's best and brightest: educated, middle class, sophisticated denizens of a major cosmopolitan city. [ZCPortal] comment () trackback ()  9:55:01 PM

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