[lit-ideas] Re: A political thought (continued)

On 30 Apr 2004 at 14:23, John McCreery wrote:

> Still, the Europeans who slaughtered each other in the name of
> religion during the Thirty-Years War and, again, in the name of
> nationalist ideologies during WWI and WWII have become a good deal
> less obsessive in these regards. Ditto for most Japanese. 

"in the name of"? are u implying that those who believed they sacrificed 
their life for their nations were fooled? hm... interesting. what about 
those who die for the american nation/values/traditions etc etc in 
current epoch? 

-t

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