Um ... off topic, perhaps? Could you start a new thread if you want to continue ... I'm interested in _why, but not what this thread has morphed into
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Andrew Grimm <[email protected]>wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
