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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany unveiled a monument to the tens of thousands of homosexuals persecuted under the Nazis, whose laws ... |
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany unveiled a monument to the tens of thousands of homosexuals persecuted under the Nazis, whose laws were used to prosecute gay men for a generation after World War Two.
Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit, who is openly gay, hailed the grey, concrete memorial as a long overdue acknowledgement of the repression of homosexuals, 50,000 of whom were convicted by Nazi courts during Adolf Hitler's 12-year dictatorship.
"The monument consecrated today is a reminder to us of the horrors of the past and draws our attention to the degree of discrimination that currently exists," Wowereit said.
"Great efforts will still need to be undertaken before the sight of two men or women kissing here or in Moscow or elsewhere on the planet is accepted by society in general."
| Okay, let the debate begin! It would be interesting to read what the President of Iran would say about Holocaust Homosexuals.
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Wow. Six million Jews and four million communists killed by the Third Reich...but let's not forget the fifty thousand gays. Quote: |
Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit, who is openly gay, hailed the grey, concrete memorial as a long overdue acknowledgement of the repression of homosexuals, 50,000 of whom were convicted by Nazi courts during Adolf Hitler's 12-year dictatorship.
| Screw this man. Okay then, can we build 120 memorials for Jews in proportion? Or do they have to elect a Jewish mayor for that?
Makes me want McGreevey curbstomped.
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Originally Posted by Gipper  Wow. Six million Jews and four million communists killed by the Third Reich...but let's not forget the fifty thousand gays. | No, let's not forget them. That's 50,000 people who lost their lives to that evil.
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Does Germany have a monument to the american and/or allied soldiers who died to save those Homosexual asses? | |
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Germany has too much money and too much free time. Not that I'm saying that what they did was wrong or that they shouldn't have done it, but c'mon, there are more pressing issues. | |
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Originally Posted by Gipper Wow. Six million Jews and four million communists killed by the Third Reich...but let's not forget the fifty thousand gays.
Screw this man. Okay then, can we build 120 memorials for Jews in proportion? Or do they have to elect a Jewish mayor for that?
Makes me want McGreevey curbstomped. | I guarantee there's at least 120 Holocaust memorials
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Originally Posted by NCFY I guarantee there's at least 120 Holocaust memorials | And how many Jewish pride parades are held annually?
It's stupid to get special recognition because you like to get dick shoved in your butt. Can we have a memorial for Vietnam veterans who liked mint chocolate chip ice cream, or maybe Gulf War veterans who drove Pontiacs? | |
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Originally Posted by Gipper And how many Jewish pride parades are held annually?
It's stupid to get special recognition because you like to get dick shoved in your butt. Can we have a memorial for Vietnam veterans who liked mint chocolate chip ice cream, or maybe Gulf War veterans who drove Pontiacs? | Its even dumber to get slaughtered by the tens of thousands because they liked a dick shoved in their butt. Or to not enjoy the same rights as the rest of us enjoy simply because of it.
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Originally Posted by Gipper And how many Jewish pride parades are held annually?
It's stupid to get special recognition because you like to get dick shoved in your butt. Can we have a memorial for Vietnam veterans who liked mint chocolate chip ice cream, or maybe Gulf War veterans who drove Pontiacs? | It's to address the historical white washing the subject has been given. Many homosexuals jailed by the Nazis were kept in prison by next German government because they were still considered criminals.
I'm resistant to the "look the Nazis killed me too" game, but I think given the post-war position of the German government it's important. It's also important to remember the kind of people you're associating with when you take anti-gay political stances. | |
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What a bunch of **** people went to prison for homosexuality in lots of countries.
Come on Germany we need ya to rise up again on are side.
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