[snip]
Chris may have hit upon an "iron law" of human behaviour with this:
"The point was that members of an oppressed minority achieve personal advantages/privileges by playing by the rules of the oppressing majority, turning against their own minority in the process. Basically, that is what Blacks and Natives in the U$ army have been doing."
To once again repeat myself (or, rather, Mr. Brecht):
Student: Happy the land that breeds a hero. Galileo: No. Unhappy the land that needs a hero.
(Amusing aside: Until I actually looked this quote up, for years I did not think it was in _Galileo_. I thought the exchange was between the 2 recruiting sargeants in the 30 Years War, in _Mother Courage and her Children_ -- they certainly *could* have said it.)
\brad mccormick
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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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