Comments on: OSCE condemnes both Nazism and Stalinism http://www.martlaar.ee/eng/2009/07/04/osce-condemnes-both-nazism-and-stalinism/ Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:48:06 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Chris Baker http://www.martlaar.ee/eng/2009/07/04/osce-condemnes-both-nazism-and-stalinism/comment-page-1/#comment-555 Chris Baker Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:55:28 +0000 http://blog.irl.ee/Mart/?p=66#comment-555 While it is important to learn from history, we must all remember that we can not fight against something unless we fight FOR something. Instead of saying, "I am against Nazism and Communism," we must proudly say, "I am for capitalism." While it is important to learn from history, we must all remember that we can not fight against something unless we fight FOR something. Instead of saying, “I am against Nazism and Communism,” we must proudly say, “I am for capitalism.”

]]> By: Sandy Willis http://www.martlaar.ee/eng/2009/07/04/osce-condemnes-both-nazism-and-stalinism/comment-page-1/#comment-554 Sandy Willis Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:45:35 +0000 http://blog.irl.ee/Mart/?p=66#comment-554 Mr. Laar, Sorry this has nothing to do with your blog but I have been reading your book War in the Woods. I have been researching my family tree. Peeter Tall was an Estonian policeman who escaped to the forest in 1941. He lived there several years before being executed in 1944 by the Russians. I do not know for sure he was a Forest Brother but seems likely. That brings me to the picture in your book of the man wearing an Estonian policeman hat. The picture was taken in 1941.( Preview picture #7) I was curious where you got the picture and if I could have a clearer copy. Seems a long shot that he is my great grandfather but he is someone's gr grandfather! Thank you for writing the book. Sandy Willis Missouri United States Mr. Laar,
Sorry this has nothing to do with your blog but I have been reading your book War in the Woods. I have been researching my family tree. Peeter Tall was an Estonian policeman who escaped to the forest in 1941. He lived there several years before being executed in 1944 by the Russians. I do not know for sure he was a Forest Brother but seems likely. That brings me to the picture in your book of the man wearing an Estonian policeman hat. The picture was taken in 1941.( Preview picture #7) I was curious where you got the picture and if I could have a clearer copy.
Seems a long shot that he is my great grandfather but he is someone’s gr grandfather!

Thank you for writing the book.

Sandy Willis
Missouri United States

]]> By: 1789 http://www.martlaar.ee/eng/2009/07/04/osce-condemnes-both-nazism-and-stalinism/comment-page-1/#comment-553 1789 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:39:24 +0000 http://blog.irl.ee/Mart/?p=66#comment-553 OSCD has no right to issue such statements. A collective, inter-governmental body telling people what is wrong and what is right and issuing moral judgments - it is the same form of tyranny over individual consciousness and free will as the commandments of the socialist parties ... The Iranian president is rethinking history and teaching moral lessons by comparing the evil done to Palestinians, with the evil done to Jews ... Why OSCD wants to look like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? We read history and make our own ethical judgments by our selves. The only guarantee that Stalinism and Nazism won't happen again does not lie in some vain governmental declarations, but in the individual responsibility of leaders and people. More of us should read books and question ourselves what is wrong and what is right. The answer is within the human soul, in individual responsibility, not in the newspapers, damn it! OSCD has no right to issue such statements. A collective, inter-governmental body telling people what is wrong and what is right and issuing moral judgments – it is the same form of tyranny over individual consciousness and free will as the commandments of the socialist parties … The Iranian president is rethinking history and teaching moral lessons by comparing the evil done to Palestinians, with the evil done to Jews … Why OSCD wants to look like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? We read history and make our own ethical judgments by our selves. The only guarantee that Stalinism and Nazism won’t happen again does not lie in some vain governmental declarations, but in the individual responsibility of leaders and people. More of us should read books and question ourselves what is wrong and what is right. The answer is within the human soul, in individual responsibility, not in the newspapers, damn it!

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