Originally posted by Halberto 
Im not coming down on you like that. I dont see what the oscars in 1935 have to do with 2005. 
 Why do ppl fail to see that knowing the past is a lesson for the present and future ? 
THAT is the kind of reasoning why mankind will make the same mistakes over and over. I\'m not saying every person should know every history tidbit fact, but a certain general knowledge and sense of context is crucial. 
Sigh, a similair debate i remember about Neo Nazi\'s. Yes, they do feed on WW2 Nazi idealism, even if alot of them are not completely aware about what it\'s all about In any case : these are past mistakes which somehow pop up again. 
denying that it has nothing to do with those past events is the worst you can do.