Posted on 06/16/2006 2:24:14 PM PDT by ozzymandus
Guess they can't recognize Jonathan Swift either.
While I'm steeped in English literature to the expense of modern writing, and find her and others abrasive rather than witty, she has a droll style that is reminiscent of Swift's sharp satire.
Pity the hypersensitive fools can't recognize it.
This is the kind of relativity that has turned a blind eye to the Japanese internments and, if not checked, will justify internments of innocent people in the future if the populace can be whipped into enough of a frenzy.
Good answer. 1 is too many dead, innocent people.
Just so you know, it's the "Boer" War. A Boer is a South African of Dutch descent. A "boor" is ... well ... let's just say we've got one or two on this thread.
So then all evil is absolute? There are no degrees?
Godless: The Church of Liberalism
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When our troops came under a bloody attack in Somalia in 1993, President Clinton ordered a humiliating retreat - on the advice of John Murtha. Calling on Clinton to pull the troops out, Murtha said, "Our welcome has been worn out" - which I think is the essence of battlefield valor: the ability to know when staying another minute would just be tacky. And sure enough, perhaps out of force of habit, Clinton pulled out before finishing. Our troops emerged from a typically incompetent Clintonian mission with unvarnished heroism. They didn't run, Clinton ordered their retreat - a retreat that was later specifically cited by Osama bin Laden as proving to al Qaeda fighters that America was a "paper tiger." After a few blows, bin Laden said, America would run in defeat, "dragging their corpses and their shameful defeat."
Evil is evil. I doubt God would be sympathetic to my justification of adulterous behavior in my life if I said "But, Lord, at least I didn't kill anybody."
"boor" and "boer" have the same meaning in Old West Gothic. Now, about being a "spelling nanny" ~
Its easy to sit back after 60 years and criticize the interment of Japanese/Americans.
There was a real fear factor just after the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor and a liberal, FDR, did exactly what the citizenry wanted him to do...For the mood of the nation he did the right thing. Are you a Liberal, by the way?
Good for you!
That's true; it's not much of a defense for adultery. But it's the perfect defense for murder. Because there IS a difference between the two crimes.
I don't think God sees all sins as equal in gravity.
I did visit the cemetary of one. I was checking to see if my boss's grandparents (missionaries to Japan, American citizens, detained for some years losing all their property) were there. I didn't find the names. It was just curiosity.
Of course, it was more about the money and property than about race; maybe that makes it acceptable for some people.
It was xenophobia, and a clear overreaction by FDR. We don't elect these guys to respond to the "mood" of the nation. They are to lead, not follow.
Michelle Malkin, with the benefit of 60 years of hindsight, wrote an entire book justifying the practice TODAY. And, she advocates internment of American Muslim citizens in the same manner for nothing more than being Muslim.
"Boer" is a proper name that derived from the Dutch term for a peasant. As did "boor." However, the former being an ethnic appelation, it is now linguistically and semantically different than the latter, in that the former's definition is much narrower and the latter's much expanded.
Now, about being a "spelling nanny" ~
Now, about misusing historical terms ...
What planet did you drop in from?
Politicians are elected to high office BECAUSE they
represent the MOOD of the nation and or, their constituents.....Leaders can shape the direction of where
the nation is to be led....but only after they are in office.
Let's climb over the FIRST hurdle First, eh, and then we'll get into disputations over semantic differentials.
She's always in the Syracuse Post Standard, too. I refuse to read any of her tripe.
And FDR had a reign like a Pope. He had been in office eight years when WWII broke out. He responded to the "mood" of fear of "Japs" by interring Japanese American citizens and stealing their land.
When the Jewish citizens of America begged him to take a couple of boat loads of Jews who were destined for the gas chambers, he turned the boats away, forcibly.
And he refused to OK the bombing of the rail lines that led to Auschwitz when he clearly knew what was happening there.
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