I watched the news last night and a few articles appalled me.  One was the multitude of idiots that they seem to manage to rally together to give their ‘expert opinions’ on the financial climate, another was the story of yet another child dying due to abuse and neglect (I could say a lot more on this) but the one that really rattled my cage was the distribution of Nazi papers in a German magazine.  

Previously it has been illegal to release Nazi propaganda in Germany, but they have decided that it would be a good idea to educate the Germans about Nazi history to show them how bad it was, by putting these papers in a magazine.  Call me stupid if you like, but have they not TOTALLY missed the point?  The law was not put in place to deprive the Germans of a piece of history and heritage, it was out of respect, honour and for the protection of the people.  There were some serious atrocities committed in Nazi Germany and they should never happen again.  

The news assured us that they were “sure that once the people read some of the articles, it would just reinforce the notion that this must never happen again”.  How narrow-minded.  Have they not forgotten, that the very same sorts of people as you and I, were brainwashed by the very same propaganda during the rule of Hitler?? Does it not occur to them that whilst they might like to think that everyone in the world thinks that the holocaust was disgusting, that there are some people out there who are Nazis, not to mention those who have criminal minds, etc.

I know a lot of people will come back and say “it is just a piece of history, we should have access to it” but that is just the problem with this world.  We don’t know where to stop do we?  For example, if your child was stabbed to death, would you want to keep the knife as a memoir??  Of course not, you’d keep one of their favourite teddies, or something that celebrated the good times.  Some stuff should just be burned.  It is the same with planning permission, some buildings should be knocked down, even if they are 300 years old.  There was still good vs. rubbish 300 years ago.  

If you really think it might be interesting to see Hitler’s sick ramblings, put them in a museum – don’t just flutter them out into the public domain like Jordan’s boobs.