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To: TobagoJack who wrote (106845)8/4/2014 12:26:12 PM
From: Gemlaoshi1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 218908
 
history is very interesting

especially when one or the other side try to
put a time-stop when it wishes to, then the re-interpretation and revisionism
starts

it is always amusing when cretins and such do so for obviously
transparent reasons

and try best to pull a curtain on whatever happened
right before the time-stop

good thing about history is that the timeline
goes back, way back, to time zero, and it extends forward, until
whenever


Jay, I would like to recognize that statement as one of the most profound to recently hit this board. I would also like to add that we all (cretins and non-cretins alike) use those selective historical time-stops to generate emotions that will rationalize our opinions and actions.

Haim has provided an excellent historical backdrop for the Ukrainian/Russian crisis, and other historical rationales such as 911, Hiroshima, Pearl Harbor, Holocaust, ad nausium still provide emotional fodder. One must generate strong emotions around some real or perceived wrong at some point in history in order to dehumanize others. The first step in any war is to dehumanize the other side. It makes killing others something less than murder, and dying for the cause an act of martyrdom.

David.
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