Mikesgirl1 Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 Hal Crowther - "With Trembling Fingers" Excerpt of Article: One problem with this referendum is that the case against George Bush is much too strong. Just to spell it out is to sound like a bitter partisan. I sit here on the 67th birthday of Saddam Hussein facing a haystack of incriminating evidence that comes almost to my armpit. What matters most, what signifies? Journalists used to look for the smoking gun, but this time we have the cannons of Waterloo, we have Gettysburg and Sevastopol, we have enough gun smoke to cause asthma in heaven. I'm overwhelmed. Maybe I should light a match to this mountain of paper and immolate myself. On the near side of my haystack, among hundreds of quotes circled and statistics underlined, just one thing leaped out at me. A quote I had underlined was from the testimony of Hermann Goering at the Nuremberg trials, not long before Hitler's vice-fuhrer poisoned himself in his jail cell: "It is always a simple matter to drag people along whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country." The last qoute is so true it gave me goosebumps... Scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying_Mollusk Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country." Yep...scary but so true. :banghead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legacyofCangelosi Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 Hmmm....but what if the people really are being attacked??? What then??!! Be paranoid i nthe thought that the big brother is trying to control us and watch our every move and let the enemy kill more and more of us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying_Mollusk Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 Hmmm....but what if the people really are being attacked??? What then??!! Be paranoid i nthe thought that the big brother is trying to control us and watch our every move and let the enemy kill more and more of us? Sensibility destroyed with hyperbole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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