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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pat P, post: 88461, member: 201&quot;]I missed this thread the first time around. I&#039;m almost wishing I missed it now.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a similar reaction to Komo&#039;s. I&#039;ve never liked when people are referred to as &quot;Jews&quot; or &quot;Wasps&quot; or &quot;Gays&quot; or &quot;Blacks.&quot; To my ear, it turns people into objects and lumps all people of a similar background or disposition into a class, stereotypes and all. These words have a very different connotation than the corresponding adjectives, which lend themselves much more to seeing an individual not as a thing, but a human being with a variety of characteristics. If no one ever objectified another person, the Holocaust wouldn&#039;t have occurred in the first place.</p><p><br /></p><p>These types of photos are disturbing because the people in the photos suffered horrible experiences and somehow it doesn&#039;t feel right to hear them talked about as a bunch of bones as if they never were alive, never had to endure anything horrific.</p><p><br /></p><p>I realize that people have different ways of dealing with the awful things that occur in life, and we all probably have our own ways of distancing ourselves from them when we need to. But it&#039;s one thing to do it in one&#039;s head, and another to use language out loud or in writing that&#039;s likely to stir up deep, painful feelings in others.</p><p><br /></p><p>The very large Jewish population in the area in Poland/Russia where my father&#039;s parents were born was almost completely wiped out. I can&#039;t say that, or write it, or even think it without breaking out in tears.</p><p><br /></p><p>A deep nerve is being touched here for me, and clearly for at least a few other members. Please respect that and be sensitive to it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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