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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: bob who wrote (2777)	10/30/1998 3:41:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

' Re: 1938 news reflects todays lack of interest in y2k bug. From: waker <waker@ais.net> do 8:28 Subject: Re: 1938 news reflects todays lack of interest in y2k bug. SBorkowski wrote: > November 4, 1938 "Zycie Warszawy" ("Warsaw Life") daily gives us a glimpse > of denial heads in action 50 years ago. > On that day its been already 3 months since the British and French > intelligence had informed Polish government of Hitler's plans to attack > Poland. > The main street press presented anyone urging preparation for military > invasion as "right wing kibitzers", "fear mongers" and "agent provocateurs". > They were denounced as destructive to peace and as "enemies of the nation". > They were ignored by general population and considered mentally imbalanced. > (By June 1939, most people still held out hope that war will not > materialize, but started making physical preparations by storing more food > than usual. Germany attacked Poland on September 1, 1939). > But in November 1938 life was still good and nobody believed in the worst > case scenario. "Zycie Warszawy" writer Jakub Kaszubski was considered an > eccentric for urging the government and citizens to prepare for conflict. > (After Chamberlain's return from Germany, Kaszubski was openly laughed at). > Even Jewish communities did not believe that Hitler would do what he wrote > about in "Main Kampf". Most Jewish community leaders urged calm and staying > put to support communities. > The few Poles and Jews who chose to move to England or the US were looked at > with disdain. One year later it was too late. >