OT: Some funny political stuff at last... was Moving from SCO to Linux

[Bill Campbell]

On Mon, Jul 26, 2004, Joe Acquisto wrote:
>>>>. . . 
>>> >I'm glad the soldiers who fought and died so bravely on D-Day
>>> and throughout
>>> >World War II did so decades ago. In the 1940s war was hell, but
>>> at least our
>>> >troops didn't have to fight the folks(?) back home.
>>>
>
>Sorry, I must interject on this decidedly OT business.

>Apples and Oranges comparision.  Anyone who stops to think about this in a
>non Rush Limbaugh fashion (and in his case "think" is a generous stretch of
>the word), will quickly catch the differences between the situations.

Have to go into the ad-hominem remarks immediately eh?

>Perhaps foremost, is that fear did not have to be "stoked" during the
>Second World War, as this Administration appears inclined to do on an
>almost daily basis, with it's non-specific "credible threats".  All the
>while telling us we are "safer".

By the time the 2nd WW started the ``stoking'' had already been done.  Read
Carroll Quigley's books, ``Tragedy and Hope'', and ``The Anglo-American
Establishment'' for in depth analysis of the propaganda as well as
England's efforts between WWI and WWII to build up Germany as a balance
against France in Europe.  England had supported the 2nd strongest power in
Europe throughout the 18th and 19th centuries to maintain an balance of
power in Europe.

>What was that story about holding two contradictory positions at the same
>time and fully believing them both?

Logic and Reason aren't generally part of the repertoire of political
argument.

>Further, Europe was an "occupied land", that was overrun by an external
>force.  The French were, in that instance, more than welcoming of the US
>troops (as had been the natives of Sicily and Italy, I might add).  Quite
>the opposite is true in this case.

  ``The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed
  (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of
  hobgoblins.'' -- H.L. Mencken, 1923

Bill
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