As much as i appreciate the rich political debate- None of this has any business on LEM.
Nanny ! Or has LEM just been abandoned to the chaos ? On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 6:39 AM, Valter Prahlad < [email protected]> wrote: > Il giorno 23-11-2011 20:41, John Callahan ha scritto: > > > In the original post the poster referred to the United States as a > > "Socialist" country! I take high offense at that extreme denunciation > > as I am a veteran of WWII and associate "Socialist" with the NATIONAL > > SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY, commonly known in English as the NAZI PARTY. > > John calm down. :-) > - First, the OP line was - I think - ironical, not literal. > > - Second, you're misinterpretating. > I just happened to read a comment on the Net, about Nazism and Socialism, > and I think it explain the matter quite well: > > "Nazism and Socialism, while both authoritarian in nature, are vastly > different ideologies. > Even though the Nazi movement was first labeled the National Socialist > movement in Germany, it was a gross misuse of the term ³Socialism² in the > sense that we know it today. Nazism is in truth grounded in Fascist ideals > of corporatism with some xenophobic aspects tossed in for good measure, and > was in direct opposition to the Communist movement in Europe in the 20s and > 30s. Socialism on the other hand is meant as a stepping stone to true > Communism. > While not a Socialist myself, I will admit that the end to which the > Socialist philosophy aspires is much more good-natured than the end to > which > Nazism aspires. " > > We better distinguish the labels from the facts. ;-) > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer [email protected] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
