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Such men are dangerous; such men are necessary; such men are coveted for which cause they become both dangerous and necessary. Gilbert NMO Morris
Posted to Chatterbox by Medici on November 14, 2009
Of Hubris and Heidegger - by Gilbert NMO Morris
Heidegger was a Nazi. Heidegger was a philosopher. Does it follow that Heidegger was a Nazi philosopher or a philosopher who was a Nazi or even a philosopher first and Nazi second, or a philosopher who used or sort to use naively the operational systems of Nazism to ply his philosophic vision? Which? To put such questions is to be a ...
Posted to The Spectator by Medici on November 11, 2009
Re: The Great Henry Louis Gates Mistake
Mr. Oxboogle I have, of late, come upon your response to my note, and I find it hard to apprehend what you intended to argue. First, there is no meaningful distinction between ''stupid'' and ''foolish'' as you seem to suppose, I think. (Sorry an inelegant sentence on my part). The point is: I AM NOT PRESIDENT. It is NOT for a President ...
Posted to Chatterbox by Medici on November 11, 2009
Obama and the Brandenburg gate
As a Berliner who was there when Obama spoke in Berlin I would like to correct only a detail: It was actually not the Brandenburg Gate which the Obama campaign used as a backdrop for their candidate's speech. True, they intended to use it. But in a long discussion process it was eventually refused by the German authorities. What Obama ...
Posted to Foreigners by BodoMrozek on September 22, 2009
This film suggests we had terrorists and hijackers B4 9/11?
Sad but true. Americans and the world have been ''taken for a ride'' by paranoid, militaristic, foolish Nation State Governments and our political ''leaders'' including the latest, Barack Obama, who continue to insist on the necessity of continued warfare against ''Terrorism'' when this film about the German Baader Meinhoff Complex proves and ...
Posted to Movies by MichaelBernard4 on August 23, 2009
Looking Back and Looking Forward - Columbine as Exception or
LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING FORWARD: COLUMBINE AS EXCEPTION OR EARLY WARNING? Unfortunate incidents of violence can be guarded against by revising police and school stratagems, by soliciting more peer Informants, and by planning ahead of time. Unfortunately, there are several reasons why I think this Reaction Result leaves America almost as ...
Posted to History Lesson by MichaelBernard4 on April 19, 2009
How to help Turkey face her history
On the issue of the Armenian Genocide, Hitchens is right about the recent developments within Turkey. Although the topic has been a taboo since the foundation of the Republic in 1923, there has been a very intense public debate about the massacres in the last five years here. It took a lot of courageous intellectuals to start the debate (many ...
Posted to Fighting Words by mantikor on April 6, 2009
cognitive dissonance...this author has it in spades
'One of Abraham Lincoln's little-noted accomplishments has become his most unlikely legacy. He helped create the modern international rules that protect civilians, prevent torture, and limit the horrors of combat, the body of law known as the laws of war. Indeed, he was probably our most important law-of-war president,' bullshit. he stands ...
Posted to History Lesson by kikz on February 11, 2009
process is value-added.
I went to school in Williamsburg, Virginia, and one of the ways I kept myself solvent was as a tour guide in Colonial Williamsburg. I did not get to wear a costume (which was a shame from the ''dressing up'' point of view, and a blessing from the ''layers of wool in the un-airconditioned, humid summer'' point of view), but spent my days clad in ...
Posted to Human Guinea Pig by sweetbird on December 12, 2008
historical guinea pig
Sounds very interesting; I think it could be a load of fun. We have Sturbridge Village, and Mystic in the East. See what times were like before recessions.
Posted to Human Guinea Pig by david wayne osedach on December 11, 2008

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