Comments on: Eric Recommends: ‘My Holocaust’

By: Ellen Meyer

Ellen Meyer — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:52:10 +0000

I guess the world needs a funny book about greedy Jews, there hasn’t been a really good one published since the Third Reich.

By: Turkey

Turkey — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:27:04 +0000

No, I got the sarcasm in your post. Very hilarious. What it did, though, was remind me of the people who honestly DO take that seriously and whine about it (see some of the decendants of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, etc.), hence my further rant. I was speaking to the audience in general, not to you specifically.

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 05:19:51 +0000

Hmmmm. Maybe I should have used “irony” tags.

By: Turkey

Turkey — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:43:00 +0000

Cologneme, I think the issue is not that subsequent generations, like that man’s daughter, can’t be somehow sensitized by years of their parents’ stories like she claims. The issue is that she apparently advertises her own father’s suffering for her own sake. She has turned his story of torture into her personal attention-seeking device. “How dare you ask me to see that? Don’t you know my father went through that in reality? Don’t you feel the perfect ass now? Feel guilty for what you just did! Me me me me me me ME!” She couldn’t have just turned down the pamphlet and said she wasn’t interested WITHOUT the need for the guilt-laden tirade? Of course she could have. She chose to lecture instead because she found an audience for it. I believe this is the point the author is making. He’s not mocking those who have been through traumatic events, or even generations who have suffered as a result of those events; he is mocking those who obviously take advantage of their ancestor’s pain and misery to make themselves seem more important and/or pitiful, or to make a buck off of forced guilt-trips, etc.

As for other Mormons who want money from Illinois and Missouri, boo hoo. They got an apology somewhere in there–an apology from people who didn’t even commit the crimes. It’ll be a cold day in hell before they ever deserve a dime of compensation. They aren’t even remotely disadvantaged because of their ancestor’s pain and suffering, so what is the deal with that?

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:33:28 +0000

On a website frequented by a large number of Mormons, I’m surprised that everybody’s missing a major opportunity here. My ancestors were raped, beaten, murdered and driven from their homes in the early 19th century. I’m a (6th? 7th? 8th?) generation survivor! I’m pretty sure the states of Missouri and Illinois owe me some major compensation.

By: CologneMe

CologneMe — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:55:37 +0000

To be honest, I prefer reading relentlessly savage satires about evil and/or stupid people, not about people who do good for the wrong reasons.

Regarding the woman who doesn’t want to see “Body Worlds”: I think it’s not too hard to understand her. Apparently her father told her about him seeing people skinned alive – otherwise she wouldn’t know. If my father had told me about that – watching bloody, gory murder – I admit I would have had trouble with that. Would I want to see “Body Worlds”? Probably not. Would I want to be handed a flyer (with a picture on it)? Probably not.

Why is it that everyone is so negative towards everyone and everything? Do we always have to assume the worst motives?

I don’t want to critizise you, Eric, but the author of the book. And I know there is a storm of shrieking protest coming – “bla bla bla political correctness bla bla bla”. This has nothing to do with political correctness. It’s just that I don’t agree with the notion that the book is somehow “daring”. Making fun of people who are sensitive about murder victims? Fantastic idea…

Thanks for letting me write what I think although apparently everyone else thinks differently…

By: AdamOndi

AdamOndi — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:53:18 +0000

Well, I would just like to say that my father was laid off from his job about fifteen years ago. That is right; I am a layoff survivor (second generation). I believe therefore that I should also receive unemployment benefits and be lauded for my courage in dealing with the trauma suffered by my father.

Oh, and I am sure that my great-great grandfather had some tough times during his emigration to this country from Denmark, so I am claiming the inherited right to call myself an expert on immigration policy now.

By: Turkey

Turkey — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:50:00 +0000

Well, isn’t that what reparations is all about? “My ancestors were slaves of this country and now I suffer as a result so I want the current government to pay me on behalf of my slave ancestors.”

By: mommy

mommy — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:46:45 +0000

Wombatty, what do you expect with a delicate little name like that? This sounds like an interesting book, and a good reminder….I always worry that I’ll catch victimitis just because of it’s prevalence…

By: Mad Monkey

Mad Monkey — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:26:19 +0000

I think it’s because they want some excitement in their lives and don’t realize how good they’ve got it. There is nothing glamorous or heroic about surviving genocide (or civil war, or disease, or natural disaster). It’s literally at random; one person could get chosen for the gas chambers, or skewered with a machete, or have their hands and feet cut off and left to bleed to death while another person might “just” end up being the sole survivor of his entire family. For someone who wasn’t even born back, who didn’t suffer anything like that, to actually volunteer to bear that cross so that they can get sympathy points from a stranger, is beyond pathetic. It’s callous and monstrous and shows a profound disrespect for all of the victims of the Holocaust, both the survivors and the people who died.