Why would my wife think I'd want to visit a Nazi museum? 🤔
A partial answer is that her first language isn't English and she misunderstood me when I said "NASA". But instead of reacting like
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nudistsueaz · 61-69, F
@HootyTheNightOwl I would visit one. Horrible history but history none the less.
@nudistsueaz We have to remember, though... we don't ensure that history never repeats itself by banning all mention of the history that we are ashamed of.
We ensure that history never repeats itself by going and seeing these museums and monuments, remembering why they are there and teaching our children that there are monsters out there who tortured other people.
We remember our war dead - many of whom died in WWII, yet, we are uncomfortable to remember what the opposition did to men, women and children back then.
Right now, war seems to be looming again... so it could very easily be any one of us paying that ultimate price in a (hopefully) less gruesome way than concentration camps.
We ensure that history never repeats itself by going and seeing these museums and monuments, remembering why they are there and teaching our children that there are monsters out there who tortured other people.
We remember our war dead - many of whom died in WWII, yet, we are uncomfortable to remember what the opposition did to men, women and children back then.
Right now, war seems to be looming again... so it could very easily be any one of us paying that ultimate price in a (hopefully) less gruesome way than concentration camps.