As Germany wrestles with whether to finally permit the publication of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf, controversies in a number of European countries make it seem as though the Second World War never ended. One has to wonder if, with the passing of the generation that actually fought the war, the time hasn’t come to set a cut-off date for its use by politicians.
Consider these recent news items:
– In France, the leader of the far-right National Front party, Marine Le Pen, had a public falling-out with her father, the movement’s founder Jean-Marie Le Pen, about his statement that the gas …read more
Source: National Post