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The Sweet Success of Revenge

This unsettling story came to my attention today;   A Heroic World War II Nurse Is Finally Being Honored For Intentionally Giving STDs To Nazi Patients . I understand that WWII was a different time, that some things done were not considered taboo; in example the bombs on Japan as well as a story like this.  I also understand the adage, 'All is fair in love and war'.  Only I've never really agreed with either. One might call me a Nazi sympathizer; I wouldn't be surprised if they did, considering I've been called a Southern sympathizer (as in routing for ole Johnny Reb; the American Civil War.)  Really, I just like the facts, while also allowing for the grey area's that most certainly make up the life of the human race, which in both 'sympathizer' aspects, are, in fact, true and not mere human emotion playing make believe. And just as one can be referred to as a Nazi or Southern sympathizer, depending upon the group, one can also be called a Haulocost ...

aufdecken - to reveal

Die Ermittlung hat einen Skandal aufgedeckt. (The investigation revealed a scandal)  It certainly did... Those video tapes we watched, they were an investigation.  They were tools we needed for learning; for remembering.  For finding the truth, setting it free; starting over, rebuilding. Strange that my email language of the day has been absent for quite some time.  I hadn't realized until the first one, this one, showed up again in my email; prior to watching the videos that have set my soul free. "It's almost perfect", you said of this shrine you made for your childhood self.  It was almost perfect.  You decided that this little haunted room, with a little haunted girl would be the perfect way to heal what was done to you.  You tried to squash the girl out; turn her into you; recreating the past to heal the wounds.  But that girl, she was strong.  When the tipping point was in your favour, she did the unexpected; she tipped the sc...