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Re: A question of remembrance...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 2 May 2001 09:27:13 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> > That was in the bad old days... most other countries were doing pretty much
> > the same - or wanted to.
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> Great! So now that your country has the benefits of conquest -- wealth and
> power -- it is possible for it to show the "kinder and gentler" face of
> colonialism -- the hypocrisy of the congenial tyrant. I'd just like you to
> know that other countries do not feel about the U.K. as you might feel about it.
I assume you live in the USA. Does your economy, some would argue, not owe a
lot to slavery, exploitation of native Americans, pillaging of the
developing world by multi-nationals and destruction of the global
environment? I could well say to you at this point "the hypocrisy of the
congenial tyrant." - but I won't.
Scott A
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> Have you ever seen the "Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn"? There is a scene in
> this film where the character Ash just having come out of a bout of
> possession with dead spirits is about to be killed by Annie...
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> ASH: No! No wait! Listen to me! I'm alright now. That thing is gone! Damn
> it! I said I was alright! Are you listening to me? You hear what I'm saying?
> I'm alright! I'm alright.
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> ANNIE: OK, maybe you are. But for how long?
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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> See my point?
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> -- Richard
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| (...) Great! So now that your country has the benefits of conquest -- wealth and power -- it is possible for it to show the "kinder and gentler" face of colonialism -- the hypocrisy of the congenial tyrant. I'd just like you to know that other (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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