At 21:31 27-3-02 +1000, Brett Coster wrote: > > Indeed, in the particular case of Iran, he even separated > > the government into parts, only one part of which was actually identified > > as being in the Axis of Evil. > > > >Which makes the use of the term "Axis" even more ridiculous. Why didn't he >just say "The Axis of evil components of vile governments not actually >linked but whom I'll call evil because it sounds real cool and >Churchillian?"
Probably because using the term "Axis of Evil" offers the suggestion that the governments in question are as evil as the Nazis were. It makes it sooo easy to draw that parallel. Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
