On the eve of World War II, Sir Nicholas Winton organized the rescue of 669 mostly Jewish children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia. While Sir Nicholas gives credit to many others who helped in the rescue effort and endured even greater dangers than he, the UK press dubbed him the “British Schindler.” There is no question that his efforts were pivotal in the saving of many lives.
In 1988, the BBC aired an episode of “That’s Life,” a program that fluctuated between humorous pieces and deadly serious issues. The clip below features Sir Nicholas and an entire audience of people who, directly or indirectly, owed their lives to him.
Hankies at the ready!
The Old Wolf has *snif* spoken.
The title of this post, by the way, is a quote from “Schindler’s List.” It was derived from the Talmud: “Whoever destroys a soul, it is considered as if he destroyed an entire world. And whoever saves a life, it is considered as if he saved an entire world.”
-Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:9; Babylonian Talmud Tractate Sanhedrin 37a
Playing in the World Game 
::sniff:: indeed! ::blows nose::
I don’t think it’s a quotation just from Schindler’s List but also from the Talmud. I’m too lazy to check, though.
I was too, but the constant noise about it was unbearable. I have added the citation.
Ah, you were flustrated. So you found a whole ‘nother solution. Wala!
Haha… Yeah, “wallah!” has always rubbed me the wrong way. 😉
Here’s the thing, though. Seriously. Where does one draw the line between “developing language” and “just plain wrong”?
That’s always been my position, as previous conversations should have made abundantly clear. But there are still remnants of the old prescriptivist buried deep…
My prescriptivist is right on the surface, as you know. But then I have to be a prescriptivist when I do WoT stuff.