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| 2005/5/18 [Politics/Domestic/Gay, Reference/History/WW2/Germany] UID:37739 Activity:high |
5/18 Dear German Nazi historian buffs. I've always wondered about this.
Did the Nazis ever tolerate gays and lesbians? Did they ship them to
concentration camps, or they had a don't ask don't tell policy?
\- er who do you think came up with the Pink Triangle. lesbos were
sent to the eastern front.
\_ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Gays_during_the_Holocaust
"In 2002 the German government released an official apology to
the gay community." I'm still waiting for the Japs to apologize
to gay Chinese men.
\_ What did the Japanese do to gay Chinese men in particular that's
not done to Chinese men in general? I've never heard about this.
\_ They forced them to serve as comfort men to gay Japanese
soldiers in the Pacific. -John
\_ Source, John. --erikred
\_ I don't think he's being serious, guy.
\_ Source, guy. --erikred
\_ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retard
\_ Early on, the Nazi's welcomed gays, or at least tolerated them.
The leader of the Brown Shirts, Eric Rohm, was gay. During the SS
purge of the SA (Brown Shirts) they killed him and one of the stated
reasons was his moral degeneracy (code name for being gay). Soon
after that they went into full on gay hating mode. |
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| en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Gays_during_the_Holocaust Once vibrant Eldorado gay night club in Berlin after being shut down, displaying banners promoting "Hitler List 1". Once vibrant Eldorado gay night club in Berlin after being shut down, dis playing banners promoting "Hitler List 1". SA, the Nazi Party's first militia, was discreetly ga y, as were some other top leaders of the SA, such as Edmund Heines. Hitler initially protected Rhm from other elements of the Nazi Party whi ch held his homosexuality to be a violation of the partys strong anti-g ay policy. However, Hitler later changed course when he perceived Rhm t o be a potential threat to his power. Night of the Long K nives, a purge of those who Hitler deemed threats to his power, he had R hm murdered and used Rhms homosexuality as a justification to subside outrage within the ranks of the SA. But after th e purge, Hitler elevated Himmler's status and he became very active in t he suppression of homosexuality. He exclaimed, "We must exterminate thes e people root and branch... A gay couple: victims of the Holocaust A gay couple: victims of the Holocaust Hitler believed that homosexuality was "degenerate behavior" which posed a threat to the capacity of the state and the "masculine character" of t he nation. Gay men were denounced as "enemies of the state" and charged with "corrupting" public morality and posing a threat to the German birt hrate. About one million gay men were victimized by the Nazi regime. How ever gays were not initially treated in the same fashion as the Jews. Na zi Germany thought of German gay men as part of the "Master Race" and so ught to force gay men into sexual and social conformity. Gay men who wou ld not conform and switch sexual orientation were sent to concentration camps under extermination through work campaign. Nazi persecution of gay men was carried out primarily through harsh enfor cement of anti-gay laws, under which about 100,000 were arrested. Som e persecuted under these laws would not have identified themselves as ga y Such "anti-homosexual" laws were widespread throughout the western wo rld until the 1960s and 1970s, so many gay men did not feel safe to come forward with their stories until the 1970s when many of the laws were r epealed. Reason f or the wide variances are whether the researcher counted people who were both Jewish and gay, and reasons for arrival in death camps are non-exi stent in many areas. homophobic attitudes present in Nazi society at larg e The marginalization of gay men in Germany was reflected in the camps. Many died from harsh beatings, some of them caused by other prisoners. And Nazi doctors often used gay men for scientific experiments in an att empt to locate a "gay gene" to cure any future Aryan children who were g ay. When the Naz is gained power over the town his name was on a list of local gay men or dered to the police station. He obeyed the directive to protect his fami ly from any retaliation. Upon arriving at the police station he notes th at he and other gay men were beaten. Some gay men who resisted the SS ha d their fingernails pulled out. Others were raped with broken rulers and had their bowels punctured, causing them to bleed profusely. There Mr Seel stated that during a morning roll-call the Nazi commander announce d a public execution. It was the face of his eighteen year old lover from Mulhouse. Mr Seel then claims that the Nazi guards stripped the clothes of his lover and placed a metal bucket over his head. Enlarge 1945 drawing of gay prisoner depicting Nazi guards torturing a gay man Experiences such as these can account for the relatively high death rate of gay men in the camps as compared to the other "anti-social groups". The study also shows that surviv al rates for gay men were slightly higher for internees from the middle and upper classes and for married bisexual men and those with children. Many cities around the world have erected memorials to remember the thous ands of gay men who were murdered during the Holocaust. |
| en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humor slapstick ta kes more passive social norms relating to physicality and plays with the m In other words, comedy is a sign of a 'bug' in the symbolic make-up o f language, as well as a self-correcting mechanism for such bugs. Once t he problem in meaning has been described through a joke, people immediat ely begin correcting their impressions of the symbols that have been moc ked. This is why jokes are only funny when told the first time. surprise), or else the na tural result of interpreting the original situation in a different, less common, way. For example: A man speaks to his doctor after an operation. He says, "Doc, now that the surgery is done, will I be able to play the piano?" Typically, the priest will make a remark, the rabbi will continue i n the same vein, and then the lawyer will make a third point that forms a sharp break from the established pattern, but nonetheless forms a logi cal (or at least stereotypical) response. Henri Bergson wrote an essay on "the meaning of the comic", in which he viewed the essence of humour as the encrustation of the mechan ical upon the living. He used as an instance a book by an English humori st, in which an elderly woman who desired a reputation as a philanthropi st provided "homes within easy hail of her mansion for the conversion of atheists who have been specially manufactured for her, so to speak, and for a number of honest folk who have been made into drunkards so that s he may cure them of their failing, etc." This idea seems funny because a genuine impulse of charity as a living, vital impulse has become encrus ted by a mechanical conception of how it should manifest itself. Puns classify words n ot by what lives (their meaning) but by mechanics (their mere sound). Treasury of Humor) that the essence of humour is anticlima x: an abrupt change in point of view, in which trivial matters are sudde nly elevated in importance above those that would normally be far more i mportant. |
| en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retard During childhood, the term developmental delay is synonymous but currentl y preferred in many contexts because of the pejorative connotations acqu ired by the term "mental retardation". short stature, with which it shares all of the following characteristics: * Diagnostic criteria are defined statistically and arbitrarily. The limitations of cognitive function will cause a child to learn and dev elop more slowly than a typical child. Children who have retardation may take longer to learn to speak, walk, and take care of their personal ne eds such as dressing or eating. They will have trouble learning in schoo l Learning will take them longer, require more repetition, and there ma y be some things they cannot learn. The extent of the limits of learning is a function of the severity of the retardation. fragile X are the three most common inborn causes of mental retardati on. By most definitions, mental retardation is more accurately considered a d isability rather than a disease. There is no "cure" for established mental retardation, thoug h with appropriate support and teaching most individuals with retardatio n can learn to do many things. edit Signs of mental retardation There are many signs of mental retardation. For example, retarded childre n may: * sit up, crawl, or walk later than other children; About 87 percent of mentally retarded people will only be a little slower than average in learning new information and skills. In early childhood , mild retardation (IQ 60-75) may not be obvious, and may not be diagnos ed until they begin school. As they become ad ults, many people with mild retardation can live independently and may b e considered by others in their community as "slow" rather than "retarde d". Moderate retardation (IQ 50-60) is nearly always obvious within the first years of life. These people will encounter difficulty in school, at hom e, and in the community. In many cases they will need to join specially separated classes, but they can still progress to become functioning mem bers of society. The remaining 13 percent of individuals with mental retardation score bel ow 50 on IQ tests. A person with more severe retardation will need more intensive support and supervision his or her entire life. Nevertheless, every retarded child is able to learn, develop, and grow to some extent. The capacity to experience joy and human relationships is not IQ-dependent. Intellectual functioning, or IQ, is usually measured by a test called a n IQ test. People scoring below 75 are often - - but not always -- mentally retarded. Adaptive behavior, or adaptive functioning refers to the skills needed to live independently (or at the minimally acceptable level for age). To a ssess adaptive behavior, professionals compare the functional abilities of a child to those of other children of similar age. To measure adaptiv e behavior, professionals use instruments that are actually structured i nterviews, with which they systematically elicit information about the p erson's functioning in the community from someone that knows them well. There are many adaptive behavior scales, and accurate assessment of the quality of someone's adaptive behavior requires clinical judgement as we ll. Examples of the kinds of behaviors that are assessed by adaptive beh avior scales Certain skills are important to adaptive behavior. edit Causes of mental retardation Doctors have found many causes of mental retardation. Sometimes mental retardation is caused by abnorma l genes inherited from parents, errors when genes combine, or other reasons. Mental retardation can result when the bab y does not develop inside the mother properly. For example, there may be a problem with the way the baby's cells divide as it grows. rubella during pregnancy may also have a baby with mental retardation. If a baby has problems during labor and birth, suc h as not getting enough oxygen, he or she may have mental retardation. English a s simple forms of abuse, and this is still the main usage. Their now obs olete use as psychiatric technical definitions is of purely historical i nterest. There have been some efforts made among mental health professio nals to discourage use of these terms. Note that the term retard or tard is still used as a generic insult, especially among children. mental age is 2 years or less, and the person cannot guard himself against common physical dangers. The term was gradually replaced by the term profound mental retardation. It is now usually subdivided into two categories, known as severe mental retardation and moderate mental retardation. |