When I was a kid, I wondered: if Japan wanted to take over the world, and Germany wanted to take over the world, what would have happened if the Axis powers actually won WWII?
They'd be standing staring at each other, prolly in Russia or in the middle of the Pacific or something, all like, "What do we do now? We can't, like, split up the world 'cause we each want World Domination! Geez, we never figured on this happening. I guess we have to fight each other to the death now." Well, I grew up and actually took some history courses and learned that neither of them really wanted to take over the world. Only The Brain really wanted that and he's quite insane. They (Germany and Japan) were definitely bad guys. At least their leaders were. They did nasty and horrible things. Like atrocities in China. And using POWs as slave labour to buildevi railways. And the Holocaust. But just because they were evil doesn't mean they wanted to take over the world. They just had a warped sense of what they were entitled to and we're prepared to kill lots of people to do it. We added the "take over the world" thing as wartime propaganda to galvanize our citizenry against the enemy - they needed that, especially in the US where there was a lot of pro-German sentiment. That's maybe why you guys stood by and did nothing while Germany bombed the living crap outta London and the rest of England. And I'll say it again to you Paul, suggesting that my description of history (which as Mark says is quite orthodox) is in some way akin to Holocaust denial is really stooping quite low. It's an association fallacy and quite irrelevant to the discussion at hand. Finally, I'd ask you to read my posts again. I never said ISIS IS okay. In fact I said they're evil. Evil is not the same as okay. When you attribute such a statement to me you're being quite dishonest. I'll grant you that perhaps you were exaggerating to make a point, but that's really not okay. Cheers, frank On November 15, 2015 8:53:32 PM EST, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: >???? I've read them. Just a notch below holocaust deniers. More >rationalizing. ISIS is okay. We're okay, they're okay. Let's all hug. > > >> On Nov 15, 2015, at 8:42 PM, Mark Roberts ><postmas...@robertstech.com> wrote: >> >> Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >>> Thanks. It certainly makes more sense than your attempt to >rationalize Hitler's goals. That's laughable. >> >> ??? He wasn't rationalizing Hitler's goals! He was *describing* them. >> Quite accurately, too. Check out Ian Kershaw's superb biography of >> Hitler. It's a big two volumes but well worth the effort. Generally >> considered the best historical biography of Hitler. John Lukacs' >> various books on the war may be better for a casual read – try The >> "Lase European War" or "The Duel". Great stuff and they, like most >> historians, agree with Kershaw on Hitler's goals. >> >> -- >> Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia >> www.robertstech.com >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and follow the directions. > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
