Happy New Year to All!

Anne, your quotes reminded me of a scene in the film "Exodus". The transcript of a conversation between Karen and Dov:

You just listen to me for a minute.
When the Nazis marched into Denmark...
...they ordered every Jew to wear a yellow armband...
...with the Star of David on it. And when they-
-That's the worst thing that can happen? -I said, listen!
You don't know what you're talking about.
The next morning, when every Jew in Denmark had to wear his armband...
...King Christian came out of Amalienborg Palace for his morning ride.
And do you know something?
He wore the Star of David on his arm.
-But why should-
And you know something else?
By afternoon, everybody was wearing Stars of David.
Jews and Danes, and, well, just everybody.
Why'd they do that?
If you don't just know why they did it, Dov...
...well, maybe that's what's wrong with you.


The night the Nazi order came down, the underground radio transmitted a message to all Danes. The King said that one Dane is exactly the same as the next Dane. He said he would wear the Star of David and he expected that every loyal Dane would do the same. The next day in Copenhagen almost everyone wore the arm band. The following day the Germans rescinded the order. (From Leon Uris' Exodus.)


One hopes that people with good hearts will elect leaders who inspire them to change the world for the better, with compassion for all of its inhabitants. We must solve problems without resorting to scapegoating and hatred. We must never again allow the majority to take away the civil and human rights of a minority.

~Zucchini