27 January
I feel more strongly than ever that this should be remembered, given the way the world is going.
Last week my son visited Dachau and it clearly profoundly affected him. It does not need me to say why.
As a teenager I remember when I first heard of the obscenity and not only found it difficult to believe but was naive enough to think that it would never happen again.
I was wrong.
Yesterday I got into a rather silly argument concerning refugees on GN. I allowed my emotions to override my objectivity.
I withdrew immediately, but have since been given it thought and realise that the images of the refugees remind me so much of those grainy images we so frequently see of camps such as Dachau etc. That is why I find it so difficult to be objective when talking of human suffering.
I think that days such as this coming up should give us all pause for thought and the way we are progressing (or not).
Clearly our ability to scapegoat has not deminished over the years, and I feel nothing but alarm at the way the divisions in Britain, Europe and the USA so often centre on "the other" . History gives a stark lesson as to where this can lead.
Is there such a thing as delicious ready meals?