mutilated misquotes from Collins Richey's 9 Jun 2005 classic prose may follow:
" The really sad commentary on our times is the fact that a surprising " number of Americans agree with the young Germans <sigh>. What, in the absence of evidence, do you tell them to try and convince them of their error? It really isn't good enough just to make an unsupported assertion that our $headhoncho 'would never do that.' It's been a part of written main stream military doctrine for at least twenty-five hundred years for the general to attack his own forces when he thinks it to be appropriate and, iirc, it's also a documented part of recent statecraft (among the barbarians and various incarnations of the evil empire, not us, of course:). Furthermore, the recent behaviour, at least North of the Border, among certain wannabe and wannastay $honchos has been, um, somewhat less than inspiring for the forces of good. Also, it has not yet been reported (at least up until half an hour ago:) that Osama has been caught. That seems a bit curious. Not that, in the event, he would be asked any questions to which the answers might prove embarassing or that silence on his part would prove anything anyway. In response to Skippy's (welcome back, Sir:) comment " > What about those who poopoo the holocaust ? I agree with what Collins said. " Absolutely brain dead. As I said, I agree. However, this particular infamy (surely not the only such blot on the history of man's inhumanity to man) is sufficiently recent that it has not yet passed into the realm of historical hearsay. Give it a couple more generations, tho. Also we can't ever forget that 'history is written by the victors.' These are some of the reasons that I think the preservation of the verified historical record and such physical evidence as can be preserved is such an extremely good idea. R Ps. I'm curious, do you have a guess as to what the percentage of the Americans in agreement with the young Germans might be? -- http://www.quen.net "Gold needs no endorsement, it can be tested with scales and acids. The recipient of gold does not have to trust the government stamp upon it, if he does not trust the government that stamped it. No act of faith is called for when gold is used in payments, and no compulsion is required." -Benjamin M. Anderson _______________________________________________ [email protected] Unsub/Pause/Etc : http://mail.linux-sxs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general
