[lbo-talk] Re: Alex Cockburn

Brian Siano siano at mail.med.upenn.edu
Sun Aug 17 19:27:48 PDT 2003


On 17 Aug 2003 22:14:15 -0400, Jonathan Ruby <Jon.Ruby2 at verizon.net> wrote:


>
>> And it would be nice to ask if there's a statute of limitations on
>> genocide. I'm sure there are Germans who are wondering when they don't
>> have to labor under the legacy of the Holocaust-- after all, if the mass
>> murder of the Amalekites can be forgotten or forgiven or thrown into the
>> dustbin of history, then why not they?
>
> My dear fellow, if there were no time limit on the crime of genocide
> and if its guilt was collective and eternal you would not be writing
> to us; you, like everyone else, would be hanging from a gallows.

I'd like to know one thing: if I, "like everyone else," was hanging from a gallows, who'd be the hangman? Who'd be volunteering to affix the rope, set the knot, and yank the lever?



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