>myriad books exist attempting to -explain- hitler. but i think bob's >point is well taken--none of these books have succeeded, and they have >amounted to a lot of tinkering with facts, confusing how the man actually >was. maybe there is no actual knowing: lots of possibilities, and a good >amount of ideas generated, but still no objective proof. we sit looking >in all these directions, but still see no flashing lights. Hitler may be more horrible than, but no more inexplicable than, the rest of the universe. As a graffito in the men's john at MIT says: "THERE IS NO COMPLETELY SATISFACTORY THEORY OF ANYTHING" [log in to unmask] "Peace comes of communication."-- Ezra Pound "Congress shall make no law abridging freedom of speech or of the press..." -- Anon "To live well is to live with adequate information"-- Norbert Weiner