Anne Frank

[Helios]

Is it just me, or is this pointless and stupid?


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070226/en_afp/afpentertainmentbooks_070226192344

[nfinityi]

"The best way we can honor her is to give her what her father sought to give her during her life."

Wow. I really don't even know what to say to that other than the best way to honor her would be not to forget what she stood for, and to let her memory rest in peace. What a tool.

[TheFallandRiseOf]

What a tool.

I agree. It's vulgar.

[nfinityi]

I agree. It's vulgar.
To make it comparable to something closer to home, it's how I view Ivy being named "honorary INTP." She's awesome as she is, reguardless of her type. Why make it something so condescending? Why can't we just agree that she's awesome?

/jealousy of honorary INTP status

[digesthisickness]

the best way he could have honored her was to give her what her father sought for her during her life. the fact that that didn't happen won't change with one cheap too-little-too-late act and to attempt to do so only draws attention to that.

hey, anne, feel better? no? i don't blame you.

[Meliora]

Whaaaaa?

[Dunearhp]

A grab for attention that does nothing for the memory of the woman.

[Meliora]

A grab for attention that does nothing for the memory of the woman.

You mean teenage lesbian.

[Dunearhp]

You mean teenage lesbian.

Relevance?

[Meliora]

Relevance?

Correction. Well, the teenage part anyways.

[Erratic]

I'd actually say it's just an example of American entitlement. Nothing's better than having an American nationality, even if you've been dead for decades, right? <_< Also, it says it right there on the article, the girl is famous! she should clearly be "American" [/sarcasm]

It's just ridiculous. They didn't want to be American, they wanted help and didn't get it. Claiming that it's to "honor her in death" just makes no sense whatsoever.

[booyalab]

Is it just me, or is this pointless and stupid?


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070226/en_afp/afpentertainmentbooks_070226192344

absolutely not. There is nothing that would be a more valuable use of our government's time than this. NOTHING

[ApeTheDog]

Doing this would not change anything. Anne Frank is seen as the symbol of jewish people who suffered under world war 2. But she was not the only person who suffered, who died. To take this symbol, and then give her a, yet again, symbolic citizenship, is meaningless.

It would be more worthwhile to find somebody who would actually benefit from this citizenship - a person who was living in this kind of exile, and torture right now (I'm thinking of, for example, a 13 year old girl who is forced to be in one of those children armies in the more chaotic part of africa) - and bring her to america. Help her.

This kind of pathetic sentimentality does nothing but make the people who pass the law feel better about themselves. It makes them feel like they're not a part of the problem. Like they are righting the wrongs of the past when they could/shoul be righting some that are happening right now.

This proposition makes it seem like nothing bad is happening at the moment. It's hollow and I sincerely hope nobody feels like doing this would make a change. Would make them good people.

[Lurker]

I'd actually say it's just an example of American entitlement. Nothing's better than having an American nationality, even if you've been dead for decades, right? <_< Also, it says it right there on the article, the girl is famous! she should clearly be "American" [/sarcasm]

It's just ridiculous. They didn't want to be American, they wanted help and didn't get it. Claiming that it's to "honor her in death" just makes no sense whatsoever.

Yes, it is incredibly arrogant.

"We shall grant you a most coveted position in our Fair Land."

*touch with magic wand*


And of course it's also super stupid. If we want to do something kinda nice, how about taking in a few Sudanese refugees?

[Madrigal]

Another cousin living in San Diego, Edith Gordon, said: "It doesn't seem right to me somehow, when we didn't let her into the country."

No kidding.

I think that if the US wanted to do something to honor Anne Frank, they could stop invading sovereign countries and killing their children, but that's just me.

[Varelse]

Sentimentality, arrogance, and a complete waste of time.:mad: It does her no good whatsoever.

[Madrigal]

And of course it's also super stupid. If we want to do something kinda nice, how about taking in a few Sudanese refugees?

No good. How's that gonna help embellish Israel?