Posted by zeugma on November 8, 2005, at 16:18:57
In reply to The Reichstag all over again » lil' jimi, posted by Declan on November 7, 2005, at 17:47:36
> You mismanage a situation the consequences of which become the justification for the original mistake and the ones that follow. This is such a common pattern that it suggests something about us as a species.
> Declan
yes, but don't people study history for a reason.i see many parallels between the era of the Reichstag and this one, and it does not make me happy. Sacrificing the Geneva Convention, beyond the unjustifiable suffering it will directly cause, is a symbolic getsure of the highest importance. Unfortunately it seems to be back page news here in America.
-z
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