compared to the other humans she had encountered.
She concluded the all-black outfits were uniforms, having seen the black uniform outfits of the guides at the salt mine. She decided to ask and sat at a table with one of the Hasidic Jews who was sitting alone.
“May I ask what that uniform signifies that you do?” she asked.
“I’m a Jew, here on a special prayer mission.”
“Oh yes, I learned about Jews today. You are a parasite living in someone else’s country.”
The Jew’s eyes opened wide, and just as he was about to say or do something, Baron fortunately approached. “Tak!”
She looked at the angry Jew. “Excuse me, I must go now.”
She got up and went to greet Baron, who had unknowingly rescued her, and who was already generating looks by his elegant presence in the lobby.
Baron led her to a quiet table at a widow overlooking the river, away from others, where they could talk. He handed her a large, stuffed, manila envelope.
Inside was a huge stack of Euros. “Oh, thank you, Baron. How much do I owe you for what you have spent for me?”
“Nothing. The room is on me. But I see you are hardly impoverished.”
“I did promise to repay you,” she said.
“Oh, no, I insist. Now, let’s have a drink. What would you like?”
Tak had not the slightest clue what to ask for. “Whatever you are having.”
Baron ordered for them. “So tell me about your day.”
“Auschwitz and Birkenau were fascinating and the history of just such a relatively short time ago was very informative. Has anything like World War II occurred since 1945?”
“Did they not teach you history in school?”
“My studies were not of Earth’s history, but rather of human behavior in the present to determine the predictable future. But it occurs to me that, after the tour of the activities of Auschwitz and Birkenau, I should acquire knowledge of any similar events since that time, as it might affect my predictions as to probable future conduct. Are you knowledgeable on the subject?”
“I am no historian. But I have some knowledge of the history of wars since World War II.”
“I would appreciate hearing from you on that subject.”
“Well, the history of war over even such a relatively short period of is no small question. How to put together such an answer without taking all night? There are libraries of books on the subject. But, yes, there have been many wars since World War II.”
“Would you mind imparting some of your knowledge to me on the subject of wars since World War II?” Tak positioned her wrist computer more prominently in front of her so as to be able to record the lesson she hoped to learn--a lesson in human behavior.
“Well, let’s see...as just a short history, to be sure, there has been much of the same sort of activities since 1945, but not on such a large scale. Although not a war, the Soviets and the United States have had thousands of nuclear missiles pointed at each other since just after World War II but which were never used. But there have been numerous actual wars or conflicts. Just to name a few, the Chinese killed many in the communist takeover and the later so-called ‘Cultural Revolution’ starting just after World War II. The Muslims from Pakistan fought with the Hindus in India just after their independence from England in 1947, and there have been numerous clashes since, including presently in Kashmir. There was the Korean War in the early fifties with people of the same race killing each other over differing forms of government, involving a war of allies of democracy fighting North Koreans, Chinese soldiers, and Russians pilots. There was the Vietnam War from the mid-fifties to about 1975, followed by political violence and many executions, with several hundred thousand ‘boat people’ dying at sea, trying to escape, with an estimated total of 3.8 million Vietnamese killed.
“There was wholesale murder in Cambodia by the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979, by execution,
She concluded the all-black outfits were uniforms, having seen the black uniform outfits of the guides at the salt mine. She decided to ask and sat at a table with one of the Hasidic Jews who was sitting alone.
“May I ask what that uniform signifies that you do?” she asked.
“I’m a Jew, here on a special prayer mission.”
“Oh yes, I learned about Jews today. You are a parasite living in someone else’s country.”
The Jew’s eyes opened wide, and just as he was about to say or do something, Baron fortunately approached. “Tak!”
She looked at the angry Jew. “Excuse me, I must go now.”
She got up and went to greet Baron, who had unknowingly rescued her, and who was already generating looks by his elegant presence in the lobby.
Baron led her to a quiet table at a widow overlooking the river, away from others, where they could talk. He handed her a large, stuffed, manila envelope.
Inside was a huge stack of Euros. “Oh, thank you, Baron. How much do I owe you for what you have spent for me?”
“Nothing. The room is on me. But I see you are hardly impoverished.”
“I did promise to repay you,” she said.
“Oh, no, I insist. Now, let’s have a drink. What would you like?”
Tak had not the slightest clue what to ask for. “Whatever you are having.”
Baron ordered for them. “So tell me about your day.”
“Auschwitz and Birkenau were fascinating and the history of just such a relatively short time ago was very informative. Has anything like World War II occurred since 1945?”
“Did they not teach you history in school?”
“My studies were not of Earth’s history, but rather of human behavior in the present to determine the predictable future. But it occurs to me that, after the tour of the activities of Auschwitz and Birkenau, I should acquire knowledge of any similar events since that time, as it might affect my predictions as to probable future conduct. Are you knowledgeable on the subject?”
“I am no historian. But I have some knowledge of the history of wars since World War II.”
“I would appreciate hearing from you on that subject.”
“Well, the history of war over even such a relatively short period of is no small question. How to put together such an answer without taking all night? There are libraries of books on the subject. But, yes, there have been many wars since World War II.”
“Would you mind imparting some of your knowledge to me on the subject of wars since World War II?” Tak positioned her wrist computer more prominently in front of her so as to be able to record the lesson she hoped to learn--a lesson in human behavior.
“Well, let’s see...as just a short history, to be sure, there has been much of the same sort of activities since 1945, but not on such a large scale. Although not a war, the Soviets and the United States have had thousands of nuclear missiles pointed at each other since just after World War II but which were never used. But there have been numerous actual wars or conflicts. Just to name a few, the Chinese killed many in the communist takeover and the later so-called ‘Cultural Revolution’ starting just after World War II. The Muslims from Pakistan fought with the Hindus in India just after their independence from England in 1947, and there have been numerous clashes since, including presently in Kashmir. There was the Korean War in the early fifties with people of the same race killing each other over differing forms of government, involving a war of allies of democracy fighting North Koreans, Chinese soldiers, and Russians pilots. There was the Vietnam War from the mid-fifties to about 1975, followed by political violence and many executions, with several hundred thousand ‘boat people’ dying at sea, trying to escape, with an estimated total of 3.8 million Vietnamese killed.
“There was wholesale murder in Cambodia by the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979, by execution,
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