Comments on: Comments on 4555

Post number 4555

CRS — Thu, 30 Nov 2000 09:36:00 -0800

I bet this slice of German history has put the local Greens in quite a dilemma.

By: harmful

harmful — Thu, 30 Nov 2000 09:53:04 -0800

Planted in 1937? Hardly old-growth, then.

By: Ptrin

Ptrin — Thu, 30 Nov 2000 12:18:22 -0800

All they have to do is remove about 3 trees, to get the crook off one of the arms. Then it isn't a symbol, and the enviros stay happy.

By: kidsplateusa

kidsplateusa — Thu, 30 Nov 2000 12:22:37 -0800

I think they should leave it. It's pretty interesting from a(n) historical perspective.

By: ethmar

ethmar — Thu, 30 Nov 2000 12:30:55 -0800

Couldn't they water the trees with green food coloring or something? Or does changing the pH balance of the soil only work on flowers? I'm no good at this, though another of my namesake certainly ought to know. Hint: Search for "Ethan Johnson" on the linked page.

By: tranquileye

tranquileye — Thu, 30 Nov 2000 13:48:00 -0800

And Yahoo! can't link to it, either.

By: ed

ed — Thu, 30 Nov 2000 23:49:33 -0800

Call me a dogged First Amendment type. But I think it should be kept, if only to remind others of the extraordinary lengths that people went to in order to preserve something they believed to be magnamious. (We're talking about cultivated trees here, for crying out loud!) Given that there are those who continue to deny that the Holocaust ever happened, tearing down any vestige of that truly despicable period in human history draws parallels to the book burnings and the innocent millions that the Third Reich systematically destroyed. It is important for us and future generations to remember the dreadful meaning of that swastika, if only for the horrendous crimes to resonate in those who see these ghastly yellow trees from the air.

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Fri, 01 Dec 2000 21:02:11 -0800

Germany doesnt WANT to remember. The faster it can put the espisode behind it the better -- how many monuments does America have to the genocide of American Indians on the Washington Mall.

By: Ptrin

Ptrin — Sat, 02 Dec 2000 06:25:01 -0800

The death camps still exist, and they're reminder enough for me. Leaving reminders is one thing, but this is disgusting. Tear it down.