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RIP Elie Wiesel

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by LongTimeListener, Jul 2, 2016.

  1. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    A great man. The best revenge is a life well lived. His remarkable life is a sterling rebuke to the nazis. His attitude toward life and humanity from where he has been is inspiring.
     
  2. WriteThinking

    WriteThinking Well-Known Member

    I think this is one of those spiritually paradoxical things you can put down to something like perspective, or growth beyond yourself, or something like that, because Wiesel wasn't the only notable survivor of Holocaust atrocities who not only moved past them without ever forgetting but also without ever succumbing to such evil. In fact, some seem to have actually triumphed -- who knows? -- maybe because of the way their experiences drove them.

    A couple of others who come to mind as having seemingly the exact same outlook, approach to life, and results, as Elie Wiesel: Joe Rubinstein, the subject of the Holocaust biography "Auschwitz #34207" and Corrie ten Boom, author of "The Hiding Place" and "Tramp For The Lord". I highly recommend all three of those books to anyone interested, by the way.

    The sheer goodness of these people and the noteworthy lack of the evil that could come out of such experiences stunning, and, as The Big Ragu and heyabbott posted, is really something to behold.
     
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