Ray Evans Harrell wrote:
[snip]
> Cuba does somethings well
> and others miserably. I often wonder what they would do well and miserably
> if they weren't embargoed but that would be too logical for this emotional
> issue. I don't just England by competition with other systems.
[snip]
I wonder how well capital-C Communism would have done
in general had "the whites" not tried to destroy it
right from the get-go in every way they (i.e., "we") could
think of. (There's nothing so good as being persecuted
to make a person or a group paranoid.)
We will never know. But surely the world was *a lot* better off for
having Hitler than a bunch of Reds running Germany
after WWI! (This is obvious, isn't it? And it's a real
shame that Hitler didn't understand his historical purpose:
If he had *only* attacked The Soviet Union, "we" would
probably never have gone to war with him --> But that still
would not have let the U.S. off the hook, since
we could only strangle Japan for so long without them
striking back....)
One of the most "heart warming" books I have read about WWII
was _The Crime and Punishment of I.G. Farben_, where I learned
how "American" corporations did the honorable thing during WWII,
and refused to let the U.S. war effort use patents they had with
Germany. Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori!
But, cynicism aside, the lead headline of today's NYT
Week in Review is a classic:
The Rich Are Different. They Know When to Leave.
Yes, the rich have learned a few things since WWII, or
maybe it's just that Italy has always been
backward -- I'm thinking here of perhaps the most
admonitory film I have ever seen: "The Garden of the
Finzi-Continis" (I highly recommend it: It could
save your and your family's life!).
Cheers!
\brad mccormick
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Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16)
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21)
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