Martin Heidegger is someone who's a little off-limits due to his nazi-era stuff (he's quoted by "Everything is Miscellaneous" author David Weinberger ).
Can you provide some information on FDR and fascism? As far as I can tell, Roosevelt was opposing the axis powers when general public opinion was isolationist. Also, conspiracy theorists thought that he was under the control of "the Jews", and that "the Jews" were behind world war 2. Andrew On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Duncan Bayne<[email protected]> wrote: > >> lol excuse my Monday arvo tiredness ... but seems Ayn Rand is a noughties >> mutation of Godwins law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law) > > It's funny that some philosophers & religions are considered kosher in > online fora but others aren't; one can mention Jung, but Rand is off- > limits? > > (On a related note it's funny how many politicians and public figures > who are so popular nowadays - esp. Churchill and FDR - were outspoken > supporters of fascism & fascist leaders, right up until it profited > them to oppose it. If Godwin's law were applied with an even hand, > one wouldn't be able to mention pretty much anyone politically active > between 1920 and 1945 or so). > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
