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Thursday, November 17, 2005
Lessons of History
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find it distressing to read and hear with increasing frequency the suggestion that Muslims are our enemies. Change the word "Muslim" to "Jew" and change the allegations from rioting to financial/economic crimes, and you have a replay of the propaganda that fed the Nazis' genocidal machine in the '30s and '40s.
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ave we learned absolutely nothing from history? Fan people's fears and get license to commit any atrocities you can think of. We've already got the Iraq war, torturing of prisoners and, according to photos and accounts in the Italian press, U.S. use of banned chemical weapons in Fallujah. What's next?
Posted by fm on November 17, 2005 at 12:24 AM