Posted: Feb 02, 2012 3:19 pm
by epepke
Federico wrote:
epepke wrote:

However, if I am to judge prohibition of holocaust denial in that context, then I am by the same token entitled to judge Judenhass and the holocaust itself in that context. The other fierce allies of the Nazis were the Japanese, who were also big on honor. So maybe being that big on honor sucks in the first place.



Don't talk to me of Japanese honor during the war. They dishonored themselves for ever with some pretty nasty atrocities even an SS would blush at the thought of it.


Bleah. With a name like Federico, you should know the difference between honra and honor. "La negra que se llama honra," as Lazaro de Tormes said. Honra is an ugly and destructive thing; honor is basic decency. Just because English has only one word for the two concepts doesn't mean that it makes any sense to conflate the two.