From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Thu 05 Dec 2002 - 20:31:22 GMT
> Hi Jeremy -- no, of course the US was not alone in stopping Hitler,
> and indeed I am sure it could be demonstrated that other peoples or
> countries sacrificed more to do so per capita than the US. My
> apologies for not thinking that through more, or suggesting that we
> were alone.
>
> How about the Marshall plan? Or, earlier, Wilson's Fourteen Points,
> which enshrined the idea of self-determination of peoples? The League
> of Nations idea (though the US isolationists then blocked our own
> joining, IIRC.
>
> Cheers,
> Lawry
>
Actually, the Soviet Union lost more of its citizens (20 million) in WW II
than any other of the allies.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On
> > Behalf Of Jeremy Bradley Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 2:33 PM
> > To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: RE: Why Europe is so Contrary
> >
> >
> > At 11:30 AM 5/12/02 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Hi Wade! Well, it's a snowy day here and the fire is comforting,
> > >so I'll niggle you a bit.... <smile>
> > >
> > >Last, uh, 60 years: stopping Hitler and the Internet. Both
> > >profoundly helpful to the processes of human civilization, the
> > >first
> > stopping a regime
> > >that would have frozen social evolution, and the latter providing
> > >the healthiest of tools with which to activate the world's variety.
> > The latter
> > >opens an extraordinary door; now, of course, we have to figure out
> > >how to walk through it.
> >
> > Struth mate
> > Send us a bit of that snow, we have enough fire (it's everywhere)
> > and the temp is around the high 30s to the low 40s. Uh, just one
> > little point tho', I was not aware of USAnia's lone role in stopping
> > Hitler. My father, for one, would be disappointed to hear that his
> > hardships were unnecessary and that the whole thing was well in
> > hand. God bless 'merica. Jeremy
> >
> > The leader who leads from faith works from a warped version of
> > strength Wade T Smith
> >
> >
> >
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