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Still a "Funny Girl"
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 2 Oct 2002 21:40:26 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> "Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry
> into a patriotic fervour, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It
> both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of
> war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind
> has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the
> citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by
> patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so.
> How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar."
Scott, I think, has accepted that this is a bogus quote, if he ever even
believe it in the first place. Sadly, some celebrities are less eager to
check their sources:
http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/10/02/streisand.shakespeare.reut/index.html
Dave!
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