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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] facism gaining ground in US
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Tom Lord |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] facism gaining ground in US |
Date: |
Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:33:26 -0700 (PDT) |
> From: "Pierce T.Wetter III" <address@hidden>
> A month later, 3,000 people are dead, our stock market is in a
> shambles, and wherever you go, you see pissed off Americans waving
> flags.
> That was the moment that the US was closest to facism. We're a little
> calmer now, but at the same time, when I think about 9/11 I get pissed
> off all over again. One thing most Europeans don't realize so much is
> that Bush took a very measured response given the feeling in the
> country at the time. We would have been perfectly accepting if he'd
> nuked someone.
That's highly unlikely, in my opinion, and, objectively, is very far
from certain.
I think there would have been a shutdown of every major university,
several major cities, and general chaos. After all, a comparatively
_minor_ engagement (US in Iraq) has come about as close to that
outcome as one can come without actually reaching that state.
-t
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] facism gaining ground in US, (continued)
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] facism gaining ground in US, Frank T. Pohlmann, 2004/07/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] facism gaining ground in US, Pierce T . Wetter III, 2004/07/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] facism gaining ground in US, Pierce T . Wetter III, 2004/07/19
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] facism gaining ground in US, Pierce T . Wetter III, 2004/07/19
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] facism gaining ground in US,
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] facism gaining ground in US, Pierce T . Wetter III, 2004/07/19
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] facism gaining ground in US, Pierce T . Wetter III, 2004/07/19
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] facism gaining ground in US, Roman Zippel, 2004/07/19
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] facism gaining ground in US, Pierce T . Wetter III, 2004/07/19
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] facism gaining ground in US, Robin Green, 2004/07/18
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] facism gaining ground in US, Ron Parker, 2004/07/18
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] facism gaining ground in US, Tom Lord, 2004/07/19
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] facism gaining ground in US, Pierce T . Wetter III, 2004/07/19
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] facism gaining ground in US, Miles Bader, 2004/07/19
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] facism gaining ground in US, Pierce T . Wetter III, 2004/07/19