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There are many such memorial plaques on the pavements of Vienna. They are almost part of the landscape, easy to walk by without noticing, yet every so often, wh
by VSerge 4y ago
There are many such memorial plaques on the pavements of Vienna. They are almost part of the landscape, easy to walk by without noticing, yet every so often, when one stops rushing and reads a few of these (it was often whole families being deported, not just individuals), it hits again. And it is important that it never stops hitting and reminding us of this horror and of the need of avoiding repeating it.
- curiousgal 4y ago> the need of avoiding repeating it Which is why I think this is pointless. We didn't learn anything. People are still being prosecuted all throughout the world. I won't give examples because I don't mean to start a flamewar but yeah, humanity sucks.
- shakezula 4y agoIt’s absolutely not pointless. We learned, but learning is not a destination, it’s a journey that sometimes has backtracks and delays. The fact that you think it’s pointless shows that you yourself have some learning to do.
- curiousgal 4y agoReferring to modern day regimes commiting genocide as "backtracks" is quite something. Learning is pointless if you don't put it to use, which is what my point is. It doesn't take decades to learn not to kill people who are different from you.