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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (52861)	7/12/2002 7:08:40 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

A great many public and private figures acted much same way at the time of the McCarthy hearings. It is my view that much of McCarthy's case was true -- that we had fallen asleep at the switch in terms of allowing security risk persons to infiltrate government (which was a goal of Soviet leaders at the time). In crucifying the messenger, I think we lost sight of the message. I agree but McCarthy went to far, both in the size of his target list, and in the tactics he used. He deserved much of what he got. IMO it is likely that only a small, perhaps very small minority of people who suffered due to McCarthy's tactics where agents of the Soviet Union or any other hostile power. Tim

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (52861)	7/12/2002 8:20:46 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Hope you have a wonderful visit with your daughter. Very few people named in the McCarthy hearings were communists, and yet their lives were ruined by the mob psychology of their era. I don't think i'd ever want to use those hearings as an example for anything which could amount to anything positive- except perhaps as an example of how much evil can occur when people concerned about a specific evil go on a witch hunt.

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (52861)	7/13/2002 5:21:48 AM
From: Solon	Respond to of 82486

"wind-blown posturing" If I ever decipher that, I am going to ask the priest to forgive you--both for taking such extreme license with the english language, and for being so cocky. I'll bet you a shilling you won't be so cocky with him.

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (52861)	7/13/2002 12:18:36 PM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Goodness. Now you've defended the internment of loyal Japanese Americans and Joe McCarthy.

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (52861)	7/13/2002 12:59:17 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

"I do think this was a mad rush by all politicians to get on the right side of an explosive issue" And here I thought it was the first complete play rehearsal of the Village Idiots. "Which is not to doubt that most of them truly did feel that this was a highly inopportune time to be raising the pledge challenge." Yes, if the courts would have only waited till they were collecting pensions... "It probably was not a bad thing at that time to raise consciousness about where people's loyalties really lay." And today is an "inopportune" time for people to consider to whom or to what they feel an allegiance?! Or today is an "inopportune" time to consider whether or not the Constitution is the Supreme law, and to reaffirm that it still DOES reign Supreme--as declared by the Supreme Court over 100 years ago??