Karl May was a professional con man who claimed to speak over 1000 languages and turned his hand to novel writing after a stint in gaol I think (does this remind you of anyone - ans Jeffrey Archer?).
> from: Gilbert Shaver <gilbertshaver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 21:30:37
> to: heidegger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, heidegger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> subject: Re: Karl May
>
> Yes, Karl May was actually a very good adventure novelist. His books about
> "American Indians" are first rate. He remains popular in the German
> speaking world. I don't believe he's ever caught on beyond that confine.
>
> Jerry
>
> At 02:13 AM 9/24/03, villanova@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >Hitler's favourite novelist was Karl May. Has anyone read his books - Old
> >Shatterhand, any of the others? I saw a complete works for sale in
> >Freiburg but didn't buy it. The Germans say 'we are taught Goethe, but we
> >read Karl May.'
> >
> > > from: John Foster <borealis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 17:50:19
> > > to: heidegger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > subject: Re: Fuhrer Prinzip, was a Proven link between Being and Nazism
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Anthony Crifasi" <crifasi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <heidegger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 7:31 AM
> > > Subject: Proven link between Being and Nazism
> > >
> > >
> > > > Ok Jud, the above subject line will stand out well enough, so what I
> > would
> > > > like you to do once and for all under this subject heading is this:
> > > >
> > > > Demonstrate that Heidegger's Nazism was a necessary consequence of his
> > > > philosophy of Being.
> > > >
> > > > I asked you to do this on the Yahoogroups Heidegger-dialognet list, and
> > > have
> > > > yet to receive such a demonstration. Please don't simply refer to other
> > > > books or authors, since I could equally refer to other people who argue
> > > the
> > > > opposite, and I assume that when you say that there is such a necessary
> > > > philosophical connection, that you yourself actually know what it is, and
> > > > can therefore explain it. And if you have indeed read Being and Time many
> > > > times over, as you say, then you should have no problem providing such a
> > > > demonstration.
> > > >
> > > > So please, proceed.
> > > >
> > > > Anthony Crifasi
> > >
> > > Good one there Anthony. Better yet ask him to prove Neitzsche's connection
> > > to Nazism! Let him sift throught the various Triumps of the Will and
> > find in
> > > Rosenberg what is obvious. The dialectics of Slave and Master Race are
> > > simply too obvious, but, however, Neitzsche had no such connection since he
> > > passed away more or less in 1888.
> > >
> > > Better yet ask Jud who was Hitlers' favourite novelist?
> > >
> > > The answer is the Iranian author of Ardistan and Djistan. There is no hint
> > > of Neo Nazi or fascist sentiments in the Iranian author (or am I wrong?)
> > > Hitler does not appear to enjoy Goethe (dictators seldom do).
> > >
> > > And is not the most 'proto-fascist' document in existence Machiavelli's
> > "The
> > > Prince"?
> > >
> > > Maybe we should censor the writings of Neitzsche and Machiavelli? No?
> > > Neitzsche admired Nepoleon writing once:
> > >
> > > "We ought to desire the anarchical collapse of the whole of our
> > civilization
> > > if such a reward [the emergence of Napoleon as emperor] were to be the
> > > result."
> > >
> > > "I test the power of a will according to the amount of resistance it can
> > > offer and the amount of pain and torture it can endure and know how to turn
> > > it to its advantage."
> > >
> > > Neitzsche affirmed the values of:
> > >
> > > "...pride, exuberant spirit, splendid animalism, the instinct of war and of
> > > conquest, the deification of passion, revenge, anger, voluptuousness,
> > > adventure, knowledge."
> > >
> > > "Thou goest to women. Do not forget the whip..." [Thus Spake Zarathustra]
> > >
> > > sounds enormously the Fuhrerprinzip of the NSDAP
> > >
> > >
> > > >
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