Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00472)

In a message dated 1/16/05 1:18:30 AM Central Standard Time, 
silva_cass@yahoo.com writes:

<< Would you argue that in 2200 AD, Hitlers gassing of the jews will be 
thought of as "part of that era", "a necessary evil", immoral then, immoral now, 
immoral in 2200ad. >>

It is not impossible that that could very well be the case. And remember 
this. If Hitler had won, you would not be asking the question, at least in any 
public forum. Everyone would agree that it was moral and it would not be 
healthy to question that.

Slavery did not end because it was immoral. It ended because the South lost 
the war.

In a very real sense, might does not merely make right, might defines right. 
The winners not only control the events, they control the interpretation of 
the events which is why Hitler is a real bad example to use. For example, if 
the South had won the War of Northern Aggression (ok, I'm having fun here, my 
family fought for the Union) and slavery had remained in fashion, which, 
following a war over it may very well have been the case for a long long time, 
Confederate, and possibly Northern, textbooks would portray Lincoln as a criminal 
and despoiler of property and freedom, hammering his suspension of Habeas 
Corpus and children would be raised to see him has a monster rather than as a hero, 
while Jeff Davis would be likened unto the statue of a God and tomorrow 
children would have the day off school to celebrate the birthday of Robert E. Lee.

In the case of Leadbeater, or even Micheal Jackson, pedophiles do not 
normally have armies that can crush the opposition to their proclivities (though I 
would suggest that a different person with Michael Jackson's financial and human 
resources could make life a very short proposition for any prosecutor and his 
family who would look too close. I keep seeing pictures of that DA and 
asking, "Why is that man alive?" or, "The man has nine children! Surely he can be 
made to see the wisdom of looking the other way." I've no love for Jackson, 
but I am mystified by his lack of direct countermeasures.) I think it is 
entirely possible that the political power of the TS at the time of Leadbeater was 
sufficient that the Sydney police merely found that it was safer to decide 
that a prosecution was not feasible.

Such things happen all the time.

Chuck the Heretic