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For Hauptsturmführer Amon Goeth
[after Schindler's List]
I do not think that Evil looks like Pan
or Bacchus, or some laughing, pranking satyr
with hoofs. No: Evil looks like a man---
an common chap, with power, who is a hater.
His heinous sins occur without least shame,
provided they contribute to the greater
Evil that bears a fierce, soul-stirring name,
or to loud propaganda that lays claim
to some ennobled purpose ("Whom we say---
"must die!"). Then bureacrats compile long lists
of victims (killed by bullets, gas, or fists),
eliminated with efficiency
as ordered, in a well-planned, orderly
process behind gates marked, "Arbeit macht frei."
Starward
[*/+/^]
Satan Is An Idea
"Work sets you free." Work camps became death camps.
Yes, so you picked up on my
Yes, so you picked up on my intention in the concluding line, to reemhasize that what was work/career to Goeth was death to thousands of others. Thanks for your always consistent understanding.
Starward