I am tired of religious fanatics
Ξ February 23rd, 2008 | → | ∇ Politique, Reflexion |
President Nicolas Sarkozy wants every French child to be responsible for the memory of a Jewish child killed during the Holocaust. I am jewish and I don’t think this is the right way to do that.
I think the Holocaust was a unique and exceptional event that only a strong educational experience will humans understand a tiny part of its horror. No history course can achieve that goal, in my opinion.
I think the right solution was 1) build a real modern Holocaust museum in France, like YadVashem in Israel 2) Make all high school students go visit the museum once 3) Like in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, put a badge on each visitor’s jacket with the name of a Jew exterminated during the Holocaust. The visitor loses its name and takes the one of the dead during the two-three hours visit.
But I think the most disturbing thing is the feeling that Sarkozy seeks to bring religion into politics. One day we will here a replica of George Bush saying something like “God bless France”. That day, it will be time to go to politics and fill the gap.
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