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...cases of clear-cut collaboration between the Nazis and the Jews..." is irresponsible and offensive. Just because the author of the article wanted to pursue this particular issue is no excuse for pulling together contradictory phrases and ignoring recorded history. Alternative views of the Holocaust are not "taboo" areas and knowledge is needed not only as a contribution to history but the help us with the present. To present Rosenberg/Vrba's story as THE alternative view of this period only speaks to the ignorance of the author hungering for this view. Bella Rosenberg
...claims, limited the possibilities of resistance and contributed to the deaths of twice as many Jews as would have been killed had it not occurred. Vrba is well aware that this theory is, outside of his personal experience in Hungary, almost impossible to substantiate, and that it touches a taboo area in the study of the period. Thus he has not embarked on a campaign to disseminate his view. He is content to feel that he himself is not taken in by what he believes to be the myths surrounding the holocaust...
...Hunter College. Brown further broadens his background-and rustles up ideas-by visiting students in schools around the country each spring. "The kids today are just frightening in the extent of their awareness," he says. "They're pushing the teachers to talk about topics that were once taboo, like abortion and drugs...
...very tantalizing--or is it? Such a ridiculous attempt to flee, rather than confront, the unequivocal fact of death is merely one more manifestation, claims David Hendin, of this single remaining taboo; a taboo being bombarded, however, by an army of books, articles, monographs and courses on the subject. Hendin calls his contribution "A realistic look at the medical and emotional aspects of death." It is an unpretentious, informative and honestly sensitive confrontation with some eyebrow-raising facts...
...drink, he may feel uncomfortable after downing it. In any event, he-like most Asians-will probably never become an alcoholic. That fact has long been a puzzle to hard-drinking Westerners. The difference is often explained away by Oriental cultural or social traditions, like the strong Chinese taboo against public drunkenness. But now a group at the University of North Carolina has given new weight to a more recent explanation: the East-West drinking disparity may be primarily caused by genetic differences...