Re: Normalizing hatred

Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

. . .

But there is hope. After all, the Germans are absolutely NOT Nazis any
more and haven't been in a long time, even if some of the people raised
as Nazis are still among us: the Nazis were sidelined and other views
became the mainstream. Ditto for Japan which clearly was changed from
the course they were on in WW2. We need to learn from what the Allies
did after WW2 in Japan and Germany to change the attitudes of the Axis
countries. If we can apply those lessons again, maybe the Palestinians
can be reformed....

Despite centuries of hatred among Europeans and murderous attitudes
toward Jews, Germany was part of the West.

Japan modernized itself by adopting Western values, despite the huge
setback that was the military attempt to take over the Pacific rim.

The Arabs helped spread Hellenic civilization and then brought back some
ancient knowledge that countered Europe's Dark Ages. The Arabs of
centuries past were far more Westernized than they are today.