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The top comment points out that a part is redacted, removing "I should like to put it on record that I have never been able to dislike Hitler. Ever since he cam

The top comment points out that a part is redacted, removing "I should like to put it on record that I have never been able to dislike Hitler. Ever since he came to power - till then, like nearly everyone, I had been deceived into thinking that he did not matter - I have reflected that I would certainly kill him if I could get within reach of him, but that I could feel no personal animosity.". This Gutenberg version appears to include that line: https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600051h.html https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600051h.html

swayvil 4y ago
- greatpostman 4y ago
  Quotes from Churchill and general patton paint a very different picture than we are told
  - swayvil 4y ago
  - hef19898 4y ago
    Wasn't Patton a PTSD denying, proto wheraboo who thought he fought the wrong enemy? One that was removed from Getmany due his treatment and view of displaced jews? As with all WW2 generals, I would take his quotes, and memoires, with a ton of salt.
    - greatpostman 4y ago
      You must admit, throwing out first hand accounts is radical
      - hef19898 4y ago
        Not if those first hand accounts are known to be extremely biased. And you don't nned those books, the primary sources, war diaries, field reports and so in, are available now. No need to use, or believe, self promoting statements and books trying to whitewash (in the case of German Generals) or improve (allies) one's image.
- WillPostForFood 4y ago
  I would certainly kill him if I could get within reach of him Hard to get more black and white than that.
  - swayvil 4y ago
    I would certainly kill him, and I also feel great animosity towards him. That would be blacker and whiter.
  - anigbrowl 4y ago
    Gp is referring to the redaction, not the language.
    - WillPostForFood 4y ago
      So am I - point being the article is plenty black and white, even with the redaction.
rgbrenner 4y ago
Note, this review is from March 1940. At that point in time, WWII was 6 months old. Germany and the Soviet Union annexed land from their neighbors, and in response a number of countries declared war. I suspect he would have even stronger feelings a few months later when the Air Battle of Britain begins... or when the mass murder of jews in concentration camps is discovered in June 1942.
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swayvil 4y ago
I can't believe they flagged and censored my reply, which addressed that point of censorship. Are these people irony-proof?
- dang 4y ago
  If you mean https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32127971 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32127971: users flagged that. It was an unsubstantive, flamey comment on an inflammatory topic—indeed the mother of all inflammatory internet topics—so I'd say they were right to do so. I don't see irony there. Plenty of low-value comments going on about "censorship" get rightly flagged. Indeed, if they didn't, that would be a loophole anyone could drive a truck through. Incidentally, would you please stop posting unsubstantive and/or flamebait comments to HN? It's not what this site is for, and it destroys what it is for. You've unfortunately done it a lot, and we've had to ask you several times to stop. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - swayvil 4y ago
    You've already stuck your blow, and bravely sided with the consensus, and I can practically see you building your little case like a tetris game inside your noggin. What's the point of arguing?

swayvil 4y ago

greatpostman 4y ago
Quotes from Churchill and general patton paint a very different picture than we are told
- swayvil 4y ago
- hef19898 4y ago
  Wasn't Patton a PTSD denying, proto wheraboo who thought he fought the wrong enemy? One that was removed from Getmany due his treatment and view of displaced jews? As with all WW2 generals, I would take his quotes, and memoires, with a ton of salt.
  - greatpostman 4y ago
    You must admit, throwing out first hand accounts is radical
    - hef19898 4y ago
      Not if those first hand accounts are known to be extremely biased. And you don't nned those books, the primary sources, war diaries, field reports and so in, are available now. No need to use, or believe, self promoting statements and books trying to whitewash (in the case of German Generals) or improve (allies) one's image.
WillPostForFood 4y ago
I would certainly kill him if I could get within reach of him Hard to get more black and white than that.
- swayvil 4y ago
  I would certainly kill him, and I also feel great animosity towards him. That would be blacker and whiter.
- anigbrowl 4y ago
  Gp is referring to the redaction, not the language.
  - WillPostForFood 4y ago
    So am I - point being the article is plenty black and white, even with the redaction.

rgbrenner 4y ago

Note, this review is from March 1940. At that point in time, WWII was 6 months old. Germany and the Soviet Union annexed land from their neighbors, and in response a number of countries declared war. I suspect he would have even stronger feelings a few months later when the Air Battle of Britain begins... or when the mass murder of jews in concentration camps is discovered in June 1942.

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swayvil 4y ago

I can't believe they flagged and censored my reply, which addressed that point of censorship. Are these people irony-proof?

dang 4y ago
If you mean https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32127971 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32127971: users flagged that. It was an unsubstantive, flamey comment on an inflammatory topic—indeed the mother of all inflammatory internet topics—so I'd say they were right to do so. I don't see irony there. Plenty of low-value comments going on about "censorship" get rightly flagged. Indeed, if they didn't, that would be a loophole anyone could drive a truck through. Incidentally, would you please stop posting unsubstantive and/or flamebait comments to HN? It's not what this site is for, and it destroys what it is for. You've unfortunately done it a lot, and we've had to ask you several times to stop. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- swayvil 4y ago
  You've already stuck your blow, and bravely sided with the consensus, and I can practically see you building your little case like a tetris game inside your noggin. What's the point of arguing?