re: [ba-poker] Clarification of Nazi Comparison

[EAEven(deleted the rest)]

At 01:20 PM 3/19/04, asya(deleted the rest) wrote:

>She did it herself, IMO, but invoking some sort of Nazi
>comparison.

Actually, I did not intend to invoke a Nazi comparison, per se, but merely 
discourage Bill from "swallowing dissent."  Whenever I think of people who 
do not speak up (despite their desire to do so), I think of that quote -- 
and it is that quote which continues to inspire me to speak up on any 
number of issues.  Of course, this may have something to do with the fact 
that I am Jewish and first learned of the quote in Hebrew School.

However, I was not offended at all by Patti's email and did not feel that 
she had discredited my email.  Perhaps I had misunderstood her, but since 
she had thanked me in more ways than one, I took that to mean that she had 
appreciated my email and perhaps even agreed with some points.  As a matter 
of fact, I left on an errand shortly thereafter and was rather surprised to 
see so many emails with that subject heading upon my return -- I figured 
that the matter was, indeed, finished.

I was not planning to respond to Patti's email, but I now feel compelled to 
clarify my earlier use of that quote; if it served to end the discussion, 
so be it, but I invoked the quote as my personal inspiration in support of 
dissenting voices.

Beth Even 

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