RE: Why Europe is so Contrary

From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Thu 05 Dec 2002 - 20:31:22 GMT

  • Next message: Jeremy Bradley: "RE: Why Europe is so Contrary"

    > 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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