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2008-04-09 International-UN-NGOs

The "Enlightenment defense" to a charge of genocide

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Posted by Mike 2008-04-09 14:32|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 So get off my ass, ya bastids! And tell Pinchy to shine up my Pulitzer and get it back in the lobby.

Posted by The Ghost of Walter Duranty 2008-04-09 14:41|| 2008-04-09 14:41|| Front Page Top

#2 The climate of anti-Semitism made the Holocaust possible, but so did Enlightenment bias, which holds that almost anything can be justified in the name of progress.

Which explains the adaption of the term 'progressive'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-04-09 15:46|| 2008-04-09 15:46|| Front Page Top

#3 War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Progress is progressive.

Posted by SteveS 2008-04-09 15:53|| 2008-04-09 15:53|| Front Page Top

#4 [Mike Sylwester has been pooplisted.]

Posted by Mike Sylwester 2008-04-09 19:06|| 2008-04-09 19:06|| Front Page Top

#5 that's too bad. As one of your most vociferous critics, I have to say your recent article posts have been a pleasant change (notice I didn't say anything bad?)

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-04-09 19:35|| 2008-04-09 19:35|| Front Page Top

#6 pour l'encouragement autres.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-04-09 19:38|| 2008-04-09 19:38|| Front Page Top

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