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Europe
Europe died in Auschwitz
2006-04-24
Never forget that Hitler had the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem buzzing in his ear the whole time...and the rest of the world gladly turned a blind eye until the end.
Posted by:Grort Sninenter2618

#5  I had thought about that a bit, Robert, but why was it different from the way the Protectorate ended? Britain did go on to liberalize successfgully throughout the 19th century.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-04-24 17:57  

#4  You're all too late. When the French Revolution ended in massacres and tyranny, that's when Europe's fate was sealed.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2006-04-24 17:45  

#3  VAMark, I'd argue you're 25 years too late. Europe was a victim of Lyell, Darwin, Marx, Nietsche and Freud. Europe had the trainwreck because it had lost its confidence in its culture as a result of their work.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-04-24 17:39  

#2  Link worked for me:

"We have exchanged the transcendental instinct of the Jews, who even under the worst possible conditions have always looked for a better peaceful world, for the suicide bomber. We have exchanged the pride of life for the fanatic obsession of death. Our death and that of our children."

Not to put to fine a point on it, but - no shit, Sherlock.

Somebody just had a wake-up call; too bad he won't be able to convince enough EUros to matter.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2006-04-24 17:10  

#1  Dead link, at least for me.

Before reading the article, I'd argue it's 25 years too late - Europe was a casualty of WWI. The continent has never regained confidence in its culture or leadership from that trainwreck - WWII and associated horrors were a postmortem tremor.
Posted by: VAMark   2006-04-24 12:58  

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