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the-one-in-brown
the-one-in-brown aka Kate is a 25.39 year old girl, has been a member since July 4, 2006, has scored 1,498 submissions, giving an average score of 1.97, helping 29 designs get printed.
Last night I saw Elie Wiesel speak...
I wish it had lasted longer. Everyone seems to be hackingly sick here, but between the time when he sat down after the initial applause quieted and the moment he started to speak, the entire auditorium was silent. Then he spoke- of the Holocaust, yes, but also of the contemporary dangers of indifference and fanaticism, of the importance of asking questions, of the choice he made after the war, not to forget, but to remember, believing, “Because I suffered I don’t want others to suffer.” His advice? “Whatever you do…think higher and feel deeper.” What should we do?



the-one-in-brown
the-one-in-brown on Oct 18 '07 at 6:24pm
bump
Roostersauce
Roostersauce on Oct 18 '07 at 9:42pm
ive seen him speak as well. i have a signed copy of night in my room. im gonna wait till its worth a million dollars, then sell it on ebay
Pizazz
Pizazz on Oct 18 '07 at 9:44pm
The Holocaust was one of the worlds most sucky things....
Roostersauce
Roostersauce on Oct 18 '07 at 9:44pm
^^

that is a correct statement. i would concur
flourpower
flourpower on Oct 18 '07 at 9:45pm
I am so jealous...I wish he'd come speak at my school.

Did you hear about that crazy guy who assaulted him? It made me so sad...as if he hadn't suffered enough.
Magnamoth
Magnamoth on Oct 18 '07 at 9:46pm
lucky.



I've only seen the Night documentry with him talking about all of the events and what not, would have loved to see him person. I did get to see old vets and holocaust survivors give a huge speech though, and that was cool.
EugeneDebs
EugeneDebs on Oct 18 '07 at 9:48pm
He is an excellent speaker and a great person. I think it'd be great to hear him speak...



however, one of his speeches, given in 2000 at like...a celebration for the new millennium was a very, very popular speech to give in the category of great speeches [i do speech at school]. and i heard it done by an unfortunate amount of ridiculously bad speakers. it was awful. even the coaches/judges got tired of hearing it...its moving, but when its analyzed by people using pathos, logos, and ethos...its annoying.





[don't EVER ever ever let me hear you use pathos, ethos, and logos to talk about the greatness of a speech. use a real rhetorical model, dangit!]





i sound really sucky in this comment.
Pizazz
Pizazz on Oct 18 '07 at 9:48pm
That's why I can't stand to watch that series thats on, The War or something. Even though my Grandfather was in it. It just all sucked so bad.
iPear
iPear on Oct 18 '07 at 9:48pm
I read Night during my senior year of high school, I actually only read a short part of it in a text book but it still kind of grabbed me.
the-one-in-brown
the-one-in-brown on Oct 18 '07 at 9:53pm
Yeah, he was just as powerful a speaker as he is an author. What struck me was his humility, and how he didn't fixate on his own suffering and let his experiences during the war define the rest of his life.
Magnamoth
Magnamoth on Oct 18 '07 at 9:55pm
I knew this guy hit the big time when he appeared on oprah.
Pizazz
Pizazz on Oct 18 '07 at 10:01pm
Oprah somehow equals success, I don't know why...
gotMOXY
gotMOXY on Oct 18 '07 at 10:08pm
That's really cool. Last year I got to listen to a Holocaust survivor speak (one of my profs helped him write a book) and he mentioned Elie. You're a lucky kid.
the-one-in-brown
the-one-in-brown on Oct 18 '07 at 10:11pm
There's a whole different issue. It's kind of sad that people who have done so much sometimes seem to get a lot more attention for being on Oprah than for bettering humanity.
squatterjohn
squatterjohn on Oct 19 '07 at 1:51am
I like how the most controversial thing about the guy is whether or not he is more famous for being on Oprah.
FRICKINAWESOME
   FRICKINAWESOME on Oct 19 '07 at 2:17am
Holy shit! I didn't know he was still alive! In hebrew school back in the day i read his book "night" about his chilling experiences in the holocaust, and I have since read it 2-3 more times. Such an amazing story told by an amazing man. I honestly thought he had passed away by now. How old is he?
FRICKINAWESOME
   FRICKINAWESOME on Oct 19 '07 at 2:42am
Wow...maybe surviving the Holocaust made him super-strong and his soul is too afraid to have him die. Superpowers came from surviving super horror?



It's just a theory. That im pretty sure is right.
Roostersauce
Roostersauce on Oct 19 '07 at 3:51am
i really think its sad that were coming to the age soon where there will be no more holocaust survivors. i feel really lucky i got to see him speak, it sucks my kids will never be able to have that experience
squatterjohn
squatterjohn on Oct 19 '07 at 5:03am
We have a show called "First Tuesday Bookclub" so in the first Tuesday of October they read a Holocaust memoir. It was part of a trilogy. It was set in a Polish ghetto not a death camp though, which is what the next parts will be about. Is that this book?
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