[lit-ideas] Re: Max Boot
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 16:20:07 -0000
Condemn
> terrorists and someone is going to condemn you in short order.
You lie, Lawrence. I'd not bother to say so -- we are, now,
accustomed to such travesty -- were it not that a new list
member might think you speak the truth.
Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 7:01 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Max Boot
> Eric:
>
>
>
> Notice how quickly any expressions hostile to Militant Islam,
Terrorism or
> any variation thereof are quickly turned back on the writer.
Condemn
> terrorists and someone is going to condemn you in short order.
You'll be a
> wild man, a fascist, just as bad as the terrorist or some
combination
> thereof. The fact that Leftists can't resist doing that, can't
resist
> attacking those interested in defending this country, is far
more
> interesting (and potentially alarming - until we realize they
are but a
> minority in the US - if not in Europe) than anything pertaining
to the
> actual defense. A majority in this nation will insist that this
country be
> defended, but we here on Lit-Ideas are a backwater in which
hostile
> intelligences snap and bite at those who believe in fighting
against our
> enemies. How do you account for that? I for one never get
used to it.
> What they say strikes me as being similar to someone who does
something
> really dumb and then does it again and then again. They draw
attention to
> themselves. You are shocked and then amazed. You try to help
them, but
> they don't want any help and they go off and do it again, and
again, and
> again. It is like a blind spot or insanity. One of them wants
to turn our
> founding fathers into a group of terrorists -- I suppose such
a
> transformation is intended to make the present terrorists more
palatable to
> those of us who oppose them. What sort of intelligence would
assert
> something so loony? It is amazing. She wasn't affected by the
fact that
> the concept didn't exist until it was applied to the French
during their
> revolution which occurred after ours. Her head was up and
locked and the
> throttles were fully forward. I don't think she even noticed
what I said.
>
>
>
> Now you have been called a Nazi, you who live near the World
Trade Center
> and witnessed the work of the Terrorists are now considered a
Nazi for
> wishing them ill. Why do these Leftists so quickly attack
those who oppose
> our enemies? Why do they in effect come to the defense of our
enemies? Are
> we experiencing a pandemic of self-destructive behavior? Might
we become
> infected as well? Might we one day wake up and hate America
and wish to
> become a Terrorist's toady? And what is most alarming, we have
ample
> evidence that the disease is incurable.
>
>
>
> But then the next question to ask is why we, who have yet to be
infected,
> spend so much time inviting their dumb comments again, and
again, and still
> again. Perhaps this is a form of symbiosis. If we could get
them to go to
> an Alcoholics Anonymous for Leftists, perhaps we should seek
out an Allanon.
>
>
>
>
> Lawrence
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Eric Yost
> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 6:22 PM
> To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Max Boot
>
>
>
> Joerg: ... over here, someone with your "world-view" would
>
> easily qualify as a neo-Nazi, and be banned from public
>
> life: that's not a "clash of cultures", it's just drawing
>
> the line between civilisation and barbarianism.
>
>
>
>
>
> Eric: I let this pass too easily, so redux.
>
>
>
> Let me get this straight: in modern Germany, if someone
>
> advocated killing active terrorists, they would qualify as
>
> neo-Nazis and be banned from public life? That can't be
>
> right, can it? If that's what you really meant, it's almost
>
> too weird and fascist for a reply ... almost.
>
>
>
> If that's the case, you Germans are totally [insert
>
> Anglicism for traditional expletive] bonked. Might as well
>
> just lubricate yourself and bend over for any and all
>
> militant killer scum who threaten you. That's so sad. A
>
> whimpering end. Being someone's jailhouse punk in the name
>
> of civilization. Es ist wirklich traurig.
>
>
>
> If I misconstrued what you wrote, and it seems certain I
>
> misconstrued, you should correct me. What, exactly, in your
>
> opinion, qualifies as neo-Nazi about my world view? Or are
>
> you the Hammer seeing me as a Nagel?
>
>
>
>
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