Posted: Feb 02, 2012 3:30 pm
by Federico
epepke wrote:
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 [/i]honor.[/i] "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.


The Italian language, which I know pretty well, differentiates honor from dishonor. And I must say that the best allies of the Germans -- as you call them -- dishonored themselves for their behavior during the war.