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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill who wrote (1710)	1/17/2003 10:45:59 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

Bill, In Hilter's Mein Kampf there is a chapter discussing the Big Lie Technique. It is a cynical view of how to manipulate public opinion. In a nutshell, the propagandist knows that if a big lie is repeated often enough that it will be believed by a certain percentage of the gullible public. Hitler used this technique masterfully during his reign of terror. Sad to say, I can't see one iota of difference between the lies Hitler told and this whopper: Because we are righteous and Iraq is evil, that's why. Your repetition of the lie will not make it any more believable. You are failing to convince anyone with this deceit. -Ray

To: Bill who wrote (1710)	1/18/2003 5:39:11 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 25898

Doesn't matter what Kofi Annan believes, he does what the UN votes on. Ilmarinen btw, PartyTime, Ghana has a good, interesting history from the first to achieve independence (1967??) in Africa, Nkruma, violence, coup,coup,-Rawlings,..coup-Rawlings-Dictator and now two multi-party elections behind them and Rawling-opposition in government, Rawlings in opposition, and doing a good job as a democratic oppostion, former president and dictator. That is, a "model" of how well things can go when first achieving political but not economical independence, giving some ultimatums to those with bankaccounts in Switzerland, and especially that smart transition to a multiparty system. (was implemented, byt Rawlings used som tricks to win the first election to avoid total chaos, and then lost the second when the opposition had "cooled down") But it took 30-some years, one generation and a some smart "leaders" along the way to avoid the worst possibilities. (remember, Ghana has GOLD!!!!)