To: Cyclopean Squid
Well, Hitler is more popular for comparison, because (A)He has a fun-to-pronounce name, and (B)He represents not REAL evil in most peoples' minds, but a sort of cartoonish evil.
6 posted on
02/02/2006 10:45:55 PM PST by
pcottraux
(It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
To: pcottraux
LOL! He has a fun-to-pronounce name
Personally, I like Archimedes myself, but....
7 posted on
02/02/2006 10:46:48 PM PST by
proud_yank
(I CAN'T RUN MY SUV ON PELOSI'S HOT AIR)
To: pcottraux
FOr those who tire of the Hitler references, they could refer instead to KHAN!!!!!!!!!
12 posted on
02/02/2006 10:51:25 PM PST by
Kirkwood
To: pcottraux
He represents not REAL evil in most peoples' minds, but a sort of cartoonish evil.
I disagree. Everyone being Hitler has turned him into a cartoon. It diminishes everything. It's like the Bush's Fault(TM) gag. It ceases to have any meaning. Hitler was Hitler. The guy who ordered the Holocost, but also the autobahn. The guy who destroyed most of Europe but designed grand metropolises that will never be. The modern understanding of Hitler as pure evil is a cartoon. He was a human being, not a devil made flesh.
14 posted on
02/02/2006 10:54:15 PM PST by
Cyclopean Squid
(Moderates do not make history)
To: pcottraux
I should have read your post more closely. I disagree with myself when I said I disagreed. :)
16 posted on
02/02/2006 10:59:22 PM PST by
Cyclopean Squid
(Moderates do not make history)
To: pcottraux
Well, Hitler is more popular for comparison, because (A)He has a fun-to-pronounce name, and (B)He represents not REAL evil in most peoples' minds, but a sort of cartoonish evil.
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37 posted on
02/03/2006 2:09:43 AM PST by
Louis Foxwell
(Here come I, gravitas in tow.)
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