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Re: Stalin or Hitler

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:39 pm
by Sam Slater
It's more appalling that our government hasn't pressured the Austrians further.

Side note: Got 'Animal Farm' and 'Nineteen Eighty Four' from Amazon this morning. Only ?6.99 each hardback.

I'll be delving into Animal Farm this Sunday evening. Hopefully it won't rain and I can sit in the garden.

P.s. I hope you enjoyed your day of 'culcha'


Re: extreme left/right wing views

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:43 pm
by Deuce Bigolo
I'm going underground then

Now that I'm a martyr,How many virgins will be meeting me in heaven?

As long as your are precise in your statements then no misunderstandings should ensue

Unless your posting pickled in which case god help the rest of us

Re: self righteous stupidity

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:53 pm
by Sam Slater
Regardless, jailing the guy because he has different views is plainly stupid. This just gives fascists the excuse to be looked upon as the persecuted, rather than the people to be sniggered at.

The Austrians say they're coming to terms with, and learning from their Nazi past, but are still fucking jailing someone because of a difference of opinion! Talk about thought crimes! Can't they see the irony/hypocrisy?


Re: 1984

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:05 pm
by Deuce Bigolo
Its all coming true

Big Brother ruling by fear

Slowly but surely taking away all our personal freedoms with surveillance cameras under the guise of keeping us safe

Whens the next rocket leaving for Mars?

Re: 1984

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:08 pm
by Sam Slater
Lol, at least we're not one of the 10 European countries who'd jail you for denying the holocaust! !shocked!


Re: self righteous stupidity

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:14 pm
by Deuce Bigolo
Regardless, jailing the guy because he has different views is
> plainly stupid. This just gives fascists the excuse to be
> looked upon as the persecuted, rather than the people to be
> sniggered at.

A suspended sentence would have been smarter but I'm guessing their trying to send a clear message to the far right
>
> The Austrians say they're coming to terms with, and learning
> from their Nazi past, but are still fucking jailing someone
> because of a difference of opinion! Talk about thought crimes!
> Can't they see the irony/hypocrisy?
>
>

Its a popular vote winning policy I am betting
To hell with the ramifications if it gets our party re-elected

Re: self righteous stupidity

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:21 pm
by Sam Slater
[quote]I'm guessing their trying to send a clear message to the far right[/quote]

Yeah, the message that they're just as bad! Isn't jailing someone for a thought crime kind of a right-wing(ish) thing to do?

Tis a joke. They'd have been better not sentencing the guy at all, but have him on chat shows poking fun at his views. The sentence just shows they've learnt nothing from the past.


Re: self righteous stupidity

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:26 pm
by Deuce Bigolo
Thats us humans

Very rarely do we learn by our past history

Otherwise we would have figured out long ago that violence never solves conflict