Patriotism != support for the current administration.
larry
On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 19:29:49 -0700 (PDT), Sam Morris
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What on earth are you talking about????
>
> How does me responce relate to any of this???
>
> You lost me.
>
> -sm
>
> --- "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Sam's responses reminds me of the former Republican
> > presidentTheodore
> > Rooseveldt's quote in 1918:
> >
> > To announce that there must be no criticism of the
> > president, or that
> > we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is
> > not only
> > unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable
> > to the American
> > public. (1918)
> >
> > Or H. L. Mencken:
> >
> > The notion that a radical is one who hates his
> > country is naïve
> > and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who
> > likes his country
> > more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed
> > than the rest of
> > us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad
> > citizen turning to
> > crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.
> >
> > And the ever popular Hermann Goering:
> >
> > Naturally the common people don't want war; neither
> > in Russia, nor in
> > England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is
> > understood. But after
> > all, it is the leaders of the country who determine
> > policy, and it is
> > always a simple matter to drag the people along,
> > whether it is a
> > democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a
> > parliament, or a communist
> > dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can
> > always be brought to
> > the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you
> > have to do is to
> > tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the
> > pacifists for lack
> > of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It
> > works the same in
> > any country.
> >
> > Sound familiar.
> >
> > larry
>
>
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