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To: Mike M who wrote (9846)4/8/2003 12:35:24 PM
From: thames_sider  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 21614
 
So by that logic, the generals were traitors to Germany and wrong in their actions. The people of Germany should have supported Hitler to the end.
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And - by your logic - any Iraqi who does not support Saddam is a traitor. [He was elected according to Iraqi law, remember? Not a law we like - but Iraq's laws aren't ours.]

Can you follow the above? I hope so.
Or perhaps you think that McCarthyism was right, and you should bring back secret police to stalk and check any hint of disagreement, and inform on your friends, and neighbours, and family, if they say (even more do) anything against your leaders? Oh, and everything you say or do should be seen by the government?
Ashcroft does... theregister.co.uk
privacyinternational.org
Were you perhaps a recent immigrant from East Germany, and missing communism? Do you WANT to live under the Stasi?

It is anti-democratic to stifle any and every voice opposed to the leadership - in wartime or at any time.
Did you find my point too complex?