From: Eeyore on 10 Dec 2006 15:12 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> >You're aware he's from Poland ? > >> > >> Yes. He's been giving us some the gossip from that end of > >> Europe which is quite different from your end. > > > >Us ? > > Those who are reading this thread. > > > >It's only recently I've seen his posts in this thread. > > > >Would you care to elaborate ? > > Did you not learn a lot from those posts? I've only seen a couple. I got the impression he wasn't keen on the idea of moving to the USA. What did you learn ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 10 Dec 2006 15:29 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message > > > >In the UK, certainly when I was young, everyone was aware of politics so I > >am not sure what you are trying to say here (if anything, you might just be > >collecting words together). > > Your parents were not in danger of disappearing because > you said the wrong thing. > > > >> My folks do have a memory > >> but they didn't have to fear their own government as much > >> as other countries because we had the Constitution to provide > >> the checks and balances. > > > >When did they have to over throw forced socialism, with the aid of the US > >Constitution? Interesting. > > WWII. Where was this forced socialism in WW2 ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 10 Dec 2006 15:30 John Fields wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > > > >> What will be interesting is how Poland's basic rules > >> of society evolve over the decades. > > > >They'll have to obey Brussels instead of Moscow now. > > --- > Well let's hope democracy sprouts from that relationship. That's certainly worthy of debate. Graham
From: The Ghost In The Machine on 10 Dec 2006 18:06 In sci.physics, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 20:29:02 +0000 <457C6E0E.9645E7D3(a)hotmail.com>: > > > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >> ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >> > >> >In the UK, certainly when I was young, everyone was aware of politics so I >> >am not sure what you are trying to say here (if anything, you might just be >> >collecting words together). >> >> Your parents were not in danger of disappearing because >> you said the wrong thing. >> >> >> >> My folks do have a memory >> >> but they didn't have to fear their own government as much >> >> as other countries because we had the Constitution to provide >> >> the checks and balances. >> > >> >When did they have to over throw forced socialism, with the aid of the US >> >Constitution? Interesting. >> >> WWII. > > Where was this forced socialism in WW2 ? > > Graham > Most likely Nazi Germany. Nazi was short for Nationalsozialismus, which is translated usually as "National Socialist". The full name of Hitler's Party was "Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei", or NSDAP; in English National Socialist German Workers Party. Of course it gets complicated; according to Wiki there was also a Social Democratic Party of Germany (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi -- #191, ewill3(a)earthlink.net Linux. An OS which actually, unlike certain other offerings, works. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
From: Eeyore on 10 Dec 2006 18:42
The Ghost In The Machine wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote > > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > >> ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message > >> > > >> >In the UK, certainly when I was young, everyone was aware of politics so I > >> >am not sure what you are trying to say here (if anything, you might just be > >> >collecting words together). > >> > >> Your parents were not in danger of disappearing because > >> you said the wrong thing. > >> > >> >> My folks do have a memory > >> >> but they didn't have to fear their own government as much > >> >> as other countries because we had the Constitution to provide > >> >> the checks and balances. > >> > > >> >When did they have to over throw forced socialism, with the aid of the US > >> >Constitution? Interesting. > >> > >> WWII. > > > > Where was this forced socialism in WW2 ? > > > > Graham > > > > Most likely Nazi Germany. Nazi was short for > Nationalsozialismus, which is translated usually as > "National Socialist". They weren't really socialists though and were profoundly anti-Communist. > The full name of Hitler's Party was "Nationalsozialistische > Deutsche Arbeiterpartei", or NSDAP; in English National > Socialist German Workers Party. Apparently the literal translation is misleading. > Of course it gets complicated; according to Wiki > there was also a Social Democratic Party of Germany > (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands). > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi There is an SDP there now still. Graham |