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Re: Sanctions (was: Libertarian Propaganda)
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Mon, 18 Jun 2001 02:21:31 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Daniel Jassim writes:
> People interpret things in many ways. Our bias toward the author tends to
> flavor our response and criticism. I recall this one time on LUGNET when
> somebody (can't remember who, maybe you might?) was commenting favorably on
> a quote another LUGNETer offered and asked who said that. He told him it was
> Stalin, if I remember right, and the other guy was kind of surprised and
> changed his mind a little.
Selçuk both gave the quote, and couldn't remember who said it. Either way
though, I still like the quote in its out-of-Stalin context. ("The death of
one is a tregedy, the death of millions is a stastic.) The way Stalin used
it, it's horrifying, but it's still sad and true. It is part of the reason I
try to pass on the personal message of the Holocaust (which was where this
came up, remember that thread?).
-Shiri
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| (...) Yup! Small steps leading to bigger, and bigger steps. Think of how far we've come just in one century! At the same time, as Carl Sagan said, we are still in our stage of "global infancy" and need to get past the petty, destructive differences (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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