From: Eeyore on


lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote:

> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
> > lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) wrote:
>
> >>Keith Olbermann had a good commentary a week or two ago about Bush calling
> >>a criticism "unacceptable."
> >
> > Which criticism was unacceptable?
> >
> > I don't understand you people; first you complain that he can't
> > think for himself; then, you object when he expresses his opinion about
> > something.
> >
> > You can't have it both ways.
>
> Calling "criticism" "unacceptable" is not an opinion--it's an
> argument-winning tactic that involves tacitly silencing anybody who
> disagrees with you.

Criticism was considered unacceptable in 1930s Germany too.

Graham

From: T Wake on

"Homer J Simpson" <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> "John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in
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>> Sounds like it. Wasn't there a recent suggestion that the Nazis and
>> the Brits should have made a deal?
>
> The British were asked to help take out Hitler before WWII and refused.
> Big mistake, since no heir would have been as bad.
>

No way of knowing that for sure. Hitler's insanity contributed heavily to
his forces defeats. If they had a competent, sane, commander in chief it may
have gone differently.


From: Daniel Mandic on
Keith wrote:

> WRT == "With Respect To"


Aha. Yes, me too.


Best Regards,

Daniel Mandic
From: T Wake on

"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> John Fields wrote:
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>> On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:28:57 +0100, Eeyore wrote:
>> >John Larkin wrote:
>> >> On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:55:57 +0100, Eeyore wrote:
>> >> >John Larkin wrote:
>> >
>> >> >
>> >> >It [WW2] simply has zero relevance to the issue at hand. Mind you,
>> >> >just to put your fevered >> >> >American
>> minds at rest, should European Islam be stupid enough to get 'nasty'
>> expect another >> >> >Kristallnacht' with
>> Muslims being progromised.
>> >>
>> >> I bet you're looking forward to that, boxcars and death camps. Does
>> >> "get nasty" include acquiring political power?
>> >
>> >If it ever came to it, I'd expect it would be the public reacting, not
>> >the politicians.
>>
>> ---
>> So then you're saying that you're all racists just waiting for
>> something to happen so you can let it out?
>
> No.
>
> I'm saying that if someone threatens their fundamental freedoms, the
> British public will defend them.

Hopefully.

I grow less and less sure of this as I watch public debate each day.


>You should
> approve of that. It won't happen anyway, it's purely hypothetical.
>

From: Gordon on
On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:46:00 GMT, "Homer J Simpson"
<nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote:

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>"Ken Smith" <kensmith(a)green.rahul.net> wrote in message
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>>>Clinton was successful.
>>>
>>>Bush is a failure.
>>
>> Unless you assume some really bad things about his motives that is.
>
>9/11 was Bush's failure.
>
How long had Bush been in office when 9/11 occurred? Who was in
office the 8 years before that?

Gordon