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To: blueunicorn6
Cameron stole his movie ideas from the nazis?

As one of my Jesuit high school teachers taught our class, since only God is perfect, even if a man purposely tries to be 100% evil, 100% of the time, that man will certainly fail and, occasionally, come up with something really good and, sometimes, downright lovable.

Later in 1933, Adolf Hitler met with Ferdinand Porsche to discuss Hitler's idea of a volkswagen. Hitler proposed a people's car that could carry 5 people, cruise up to 62mph, return 33mpg, and cost only 1000 Reich Marks. This was an opportunity for Porsche to push his idea of a small car foward, as was it to help Hitler get a real people's car for the citizens of Germany.


43 posted on 04/22/2011 8:58:56 AM PDT by Polybius
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To: Polybius

The guy standing behind Hitler spent a little too much time in the tanning booth.


46 posted on 04/22/2011 9:03:12 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Polybius

The author is not breaking Godwin’s law because he is not making an analogy. You may disagree with his conclusions, but the author spends a lot of time talking about history with many links that would take a long time for people to sort through, read, and think about (and chew some cud). By the way, hippies certainly loved the VW van in their day, didn’t they?


67 posted on 04/22/2011 10:11:54 AM PDT by Olympiad Fisherman (Olympiad Fisherman)
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To: Polybius

Now, if you had shown a picture of a 911, I would think about it. But a bug? “Dis vill be mein revenge on der American schwein, Ferdie. An ugly little car mit no engine.”


81 posted on 04/22/2011 1:50:46 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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