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Re: Brian.........part 16a
Reply #260 - Apr 20th, 2008 at 3:17pm
I agree about the Brian/Nazi uniform thing. I don't think he meant anything harmful or disrespectful. I do think it was his way of doing an anti-war thing, but it wasn't taken well and was just too soon after all the atrocities happened. Look at the buzz the Nazi uniform still evokes---remember when Prince Harry wore one just a couple of years ago to a party? No, not smart. And Brian's photo shoot was probably not smart either. But I don't think it was some defiant, rebellious act either.
The thing that really bothers me is this: Years ago, there was an exhibition of pictures, etc, here having to do with the Anne Frank museum in Holland. I spoke with an older man there, a Jewish man, and he said that as people die off who were first hand witnesses to the horrors, it will be easier to convince newer generations that nothing every really happened. And that the pictures were staged, or whatever. It's kind of the same thing with Brian and the Stones--the further from his membership in the band, and his death, we get, the easier it is to try to re-write him out of history.
We must never forget. The Holocaust. And even our dear Brian, and his life, his contributions, and his spirit.
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