tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580535460030164028.post8805964260623320587..comments2023-04-11T09:46:53.479+00:00Comments on anticant's arena: The lemming factoranticanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18135207107619114891noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580535460030164028.post-13192194791325476072007-02-16T07:44:00.000+00:002007-02-16T07:44:00.000+00:00That is the cause of many of our ills, Anticant. A...That is the cause of many of our ills, Anticant. And Education is also the "bete noire" of leaders of whatever political trend, mainly if they are what is wrongly called The Right.Josehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02081096450259201426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580535460030164028.post-14413653456993236122007-02-15T18:50:00.000+00:002007-02-15T18:50:00.000+00:00The habit of obedience is instilled into children ...The habit of obedience is instilled into children of all countries and cultures. It is only when they are older that they sense the hypocrisy of many adults. The majority conform to this and practice it in their turn; the minority rebel, some in a principled way but many anti-socially.<BR/><BR/>I shall never forget overhearing someone saying: "I was at the Department of Education last week, and a senior oficial there said to me 'We don't want too many highly educated people in this country, do we? THEY CAUSE TOO MUCH TROUBLE!'"anticanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135207107619114891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580535460030164028.post-64018781402341655182007-02-14T20:43:00.000+00:002007-02-14T20:43:00.000+00:00Thank you, indeed, Trousers for your hint.Thank you, indeed, Trousers for your hint.Josehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02081096450259201426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580535460030164028.post-9716332820035817092007-02-14T17:03:00.000+00:002007-02-14T17:03:00.000+00:00JOSE: I would recommend "Europe At War" by Norman ...JOSE: I would recommend "Europe At War" by Norman Davies to anyone, as a good general reference to the matters you mention. This, along with "Rising 44" by the same author, takes a close look at the USSR (as well as the other major players) and its conduct during the war years as well as their context and consequences.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580535460030164028.post-74217817241796328182007-02-14T11:42:00.000+00:002007-02-14T11:42:00.000+00:00RICHARD: I really do think "our own system of slav...RICHARD: I really do think "our own system of slavery" pushes rhetorical exaggeration beyond its legitimate limits!anticanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135207107619114891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580535460030164028.post-36064857446263512072007-02-14T10:59:00.000+00:002007-02-14T10:59:00.000+00:00"Everything gave rise to obedience"...obedience to..."Everything gave rise to obedience"...obedience to communist regimes, fascist regimes...and capitalist regimes.<BR/><BR/>Matthew 7 v 5 (rough translation) take the plank out of your own eye, before you take the speck out of somebody else's eye.<BR/><BR/>A serious analysis of our own system of slavery is critical, before we start self-righteously interfering in other systems elsewhere.Richard W. Symondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783091361323437959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580535460030164028.post-79904146071446518382007-02-14T09:19:00.000+00:002007-02-14T09:19:00.000+00:00Excellent article though I miss a reference to the...Excellent article though I miss a reference to the holocaust of millions in the USSR under Stalin, another fascist pseudo-Communist regime which intervened in WWII. This is something not very well known because the media did not give it the necessary publicity those times. <BR/><BR/>Neither is there a reference to the people of other races and beliefs that also accompanied the Jews in the WWII holocaust.<BR/><BR/>It is also about time to speak of holocaust in wars - preemptive or through premeditated aggressions to establish a dominance - that have taken and are taking place in the world today. <BR/><BR/>This thread is going to be very lively, I predict.Josehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02081096450259201426noreply@blogger.com