The Austrian events certainly seem to have brought out from sundry rocks a great number of those who are attracted to unelected power and regard elections as no more than a one-off device to establish it (as in some New African Democracies -- one person one vote, once). That was Hitler's path, though only in his own country. In the countries Germany colonised including Austria the nuisance of that one election was dispensed with. In its manifesto, the Austrian Freedom Party proclaims a strong nationalist commitment to Austria and a belief in direct democracy. One hopes, then, that they will be loud in condemnation of the Austrian traitors who welcomed the suppression of Austrian national independence through the Nazi Anschluss and who contemptuously rejected pre-Anschluss calls for a plebiscite to see if the nation _wanted_ to be taken over. This condemnation is important to them, as they are so widely regarded as heirs to those very same traitors. Dion Giles Fremantle ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is the Neither public email list, open for the public and general discussion. To unsubscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=unsubscribe To subscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=subscribe For information on [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.neither.org/lists/public-list.htm For archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
