As did Karl Barth who stood on the frontier holding rifle. REH
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian McAndrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Christoph Reuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [Futurework] FWD: Tom Walkom article: Can PM (Canadian) AppeaseBush? > At 9:03 PM +0100 1/14/04, Christoph Reuss wrote: > > > These are the choices Canada faces with Bush's America. Former prime > >> minister Jean Chr�tien attempted the Swiss solution - stay out of the > >> aggressor's wars but continue to sell him whatever he needs. Hitler > >> was comfortable with that level of tacit support. > > > >Nonsense. Unlike Sweden and others, Switzerland was far from "selling > >him whatever he needs." And Chr�tien didn't stay out of Bush's wars, > >even sending some troops for the coalition of the killing, although > >Canada's situation is far less surrounded than CH in WW2. > > Hi Chris, > I'm sure the history you learned would lead you to call Walkom's > claim here 'nonsense'. I am going to delay accepting your view until > I finish reading volume 1 of Hans Kung's autobiography: My Struggle > for Freedom. > This remarkable Swiss theologian lived through this period of history > and has much to say about his country's response to Hitler. > > Take care, > Brian McAndrews > > -- > ************************************************** > * Brian McAndrews, Practicum Coordinator * > * Faculty of Education, Queen's University * > * Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6 * > * FAX:(613) 533-6596 Phone (613) 533-6000x74937* > * e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > * "Education is not the filling of a pail, * > * but the lighting of a fire. * > * W.B.Yeats * > * * > ************************************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
