Brit Rant: The Other Harry - Big TO DO...

[msbeadsley]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Tim Regan" <timregan at m...> 
wrote:
> an irrelevance to us. But I'm troubled by the question "What would  
> I have done?" Would I have been brave and actively resisted Nazi 
> evil (I hope so)? Or would I have been cowardly and tried to blend 
> in with the prevailing mores of that society? Or would I have been 
> seduced by their rhetoric and allowed that evil us to rise up and 
> become what I considered right; would I have actively joined in? 

I used to wonder the same thing about slavery in the U.S. I'm from 
Kentucky, where the answer to the abolition question was answered 
closer to 50-50 for/against than most places. I finally decided I 
couldn't know, because I have no choice but to see the issue from a 
historical perspective where the answer is clear. All I can do is 
hope, and remember the question when an opportunity to do the right 
thing in current context is presented.

If Harry were a child of mine, I'd be deeply disappointed in his 
choice, and wondering where I dropped the ball. At the least I'd be 
wondering where he got the idea that Hitler et al were something to 
be taken lightly.

Sandy