Comments on: The “presumption of humanity” http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/07/22/the-presumption-of-humanity/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:11:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Humble1390 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/07/22/the-presumption-of-humanity/comment-page-1/#comment-433227 Humble1390 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:58:32 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=4504#comment-433227 Yeah, I heard about them before I saw them. I couldn't believe it until I saw it with mine own eyes. At least working whites are going away. . .that's about all I have for TFU. Yeah, I heard about them before I saw them. I couldn’t believe it until I saw it with mine own eyes.

At least working whites are going away. . .that’s about all I have for TFU.

]]> By: AW1 Tim http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/07/22/the-presumption-of-humanity/comment-page-1/#comment-433224 AW1 Tim Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:01:20 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=4504#comment-433224 Drew, Sadly, that was one of the first things I thought when I saw those a few months back. Doesn't anyone else ever study military history and actually LOOK at pictires anymore? Sigh....... Drew,

Sadly, that was one of the first things I thought when I saw those a few months back. Doesn’t anyone else ever study military history and actually LOOK at pictires anymore?

Sigh…….

]]> By: Drew C. http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/07/22/the-presumption-of-humanity/comment-page-1/#comment-433218 Drew C. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:47:15 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=4504#comment-433218 AW1 Tim/Humble1390, A bit off topic, but have you seen the new enlisted working uniforms yet? 1938 called, Germany would like their stuff back. AW1 Tim/Humble1390,

A bit off topic, but have you seen the new enlisted working uniforms yet? 1938 called, Germany would like their stuff back.

]]> By: BillT http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/07/22/the-presumption-of-humanity/comment-page-1/#comment-433226 BillT Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:44:22 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=4504#comment-433226 <i>We certainly have a right to expect more of our public servants that we have come to expect from our enemies. Nevertheless, it’s useful to remember which is which.</i> Sometimes, it's impossible to discern the difference. We certainly have a right to expect more of our public servants that we have come to expect from our enemies. Nevertheless, it’s useful to remember which is which.

Sometimes, it’s impossible to discern the difference.

]]> By: virgil xenophon http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/07/22/the-presumption-of-humanity/comment-page-1/#comment-433217 virgil xenophon Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:12:55 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=4504#comment-433217 "Ya pays your money and ya takes your chances" “Ya pays your money and ya takes your chances”

]]> By: AW1 Tim http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/07/22/the-presumption-of-humanity/comment-page-1/#comment-433225 AW1 Tim Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:28:00 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=4504#comment-433225 Humble, I know... it's rather refreshing, that. What hets me about Godwin's Law is that it seems so very true, inthat so many of our compatriots want to use the Fascist/Nazi moniker against conservatives. You see it constantly. The minute you start to talk about security or needing to to something, they scream about jackboots and gestapo and all sorts of things. And yet, when you see such striking parallels, is it not important to make mention of them? Should we be quiet in order to not bother a certain segment of cociety, ir in order to not feel their wrath> We see a man who would be president staging rallies in Berlinm political rallies staged and filmed and recorded in multi-media splendour with every bit of precision as those some 80 years ago. We see a presidential aspirant moving his speeches to a sports stadium in order to better stage-manage the affair. Posters and banners and flags handed out to those lining the parade routes, The political aspirant being portrayed as a saviour, the only gope for a deteriorating nation and culture. We've sadly seen this before, and we know too well how it plays out. It can happen here, and that right easily enough. No one thought it could happen before. Yet it did. They fope for change, but the devil is in the details, and it might well be that some reflection could be in order about just what change they are hoping for, and what they will get when it comes. Humble,

I know… it’s rather refreshing, that.

What hets me about Godwin’s Law is that it seems so very true, inthat so many of our compatriots want to use the Fascist/Nazi moniker against conservatives. You see it constantly. The minute you start to talk about security or needing to to something, they scream about jackboots and gestapo and all sorts of things.

And yet, when you see such striking parallels, is it not important to make mention of them? Should we be quiet in order to not bother a certain segment of cociety, ir in order to not feel their wrath>

We see a man who would be president staging rallies in Berlinm political rallies staged and filmed and recorded in multi-media splendour with every bit of precision as those some 80 years ago.

We see a presidential aspirant moving his speeches to a sports stadium in order to better stage-manage the affair.

Posters and banners and flags handed out to those lining the parade routes, The political aspirant being portrayed as a saviour, the only gope for a deteriorating nation and culture.

We’ve sadly seen this before, and we know too well how it plays out. It can happen here, and that right easily enough. No one thought it could happen before. Yet it did.

They fope for change, but the devil is in the details, and it might well be that some reflection could be in order about just what change they are hoping for, and what they will get when it comes.

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