tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577091962812282559.post1446520369203240885..comments2024-03-15T02:14:38.309-07:00Comments on bloginafog: Cultures of AchievementWoflhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10215884001340285492noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577091962812282559.post-87757510830314514822018-01-16T07:08:53.201-08:002018-01-16T07:08:53.201-08:00That's quite an assessment. Thanks for the &q...That's quite an assessment. Thanks for the "In Paradise" assessment, also, as I have wanted to do the Auschwitz tourism thing. I'll look into both books.Marcus Billsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11308066836427766909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577091962812282559.post-27857863148370828532018-01-13T08:00:43.900-08:002018-01-13T08:00:43.900-08:00Yes,I finished the book. I class it highly - on a...Yes,I finished the book. I class it highly - on a par with Dostoyevsky.<br />I am now reading his last book "In Paradise" which is a disturbing take on Auschwitz-tourism, the awfulness of Poles (which I have experienced) and the whole Shoah-culture which is imprisoning Jews all over the world while non-Jews in the Middle East are going through a Shoah of their own because of Britain, the US, Israel and now, of coure, Iran and Russia. Quite an unholy alliance!Woflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10215884001340285492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577091962812282559.post-75285420949719859342018-01-13T05:43:40.429-08:002018-01-13T05:43:40.429-08:00Have you finished the book? I saw the movie--yes,...Have you finished the book? I saw the movie--yes, yes, so American. So, that's the only context I have for it. The movie itself was very thought-provoking and extremely daring given the US's Puritanical obsessions and Hollywood's pandering to public tastes. I am still somewhat amazed it was ever made.Marcus Billsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11308066836427766909noreply@blogger.com