Konrad Zuse

[Matt Cahill]

On November 18, 2004 09:19 pm, Colin McGregor wrote:
> Positive ends?!?!? What positive ends? Making the trains run on time?
> Sorry, but even in it's most benign form namely Spanish Fascism was an evil
> nasty brutal system that deserved to be destroyed.
>
> Colin McGregor

Well, except for Ayn Rand and Heinlein, we've got pretty much everything 
covered here for a dead thread :)

In response to Zbigniew's point - I don't doubt that any political system run 
by level-headed people for the benefit of the greater whole can ultimately be 
beneficial and widely respected, regardless of it's name.  Unfortunately, 
there is no historical precendent as it pertains to nazism.  I respect the 
fact that you're speaking theoretically.

The same rounding-up of intellectuals happens at the outbreak of any 
totalianist state:  the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, for example.  It's a 
frightening symptom, and one I see vaguely echoed in the actions of certain 
well-known political leaders today.

M


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