Displaying 451 To 480 Of 981 Comments Neutrality: De Valera and Winston Churchill I’ve read extracts from Mein Kampf and other quotes and such. Hitler actually admired the British Empire and did not want to go to war with it. » Posted By Caru On May 8, 2011 @ 4:48 pm 1.) Ireland did honour its treaties. The ports were handed back to Ireland in 1938 under the terms of the Anglo-Irish Agreement to end the Economic War. Ireland was under no obligation during WW2 to let anyone use its ports. 2.) Of course Ireland was serving its self-interests. It had no ability to fight in a war at all. No tanks, no aircraft, no navy, no anti-air defences. If Ireland let the Allies use its ports, then it would have been bombed to oblivion. It is the purpose of countries to serve the interests of its people. 3.) Hitler had no desire to takeover Western Europe. His designs were always in the East, always towards the resource rich Crimea. If Britain and France had honoured their promise to help Poland, then Hitler would have ignored the West. » Posted By Caru On May 8, 2011 @ 3:43 pm Well, I knew the background. If I didn’t I’d be a terrible student. 🙂 I’d heard of the exchange between Churchill and de Valera, but I’d never actually read or listened to them until the day before yesterday. » Posted By Caru On May 7, 2011 @ 3:20 am Thanks for reading (and listening), MW! I haven’t read that book that you mention. I guess that’s another one on the list. 🙂 » Posted By Caru On May 7, 2011 @ 3:18 am That was an amazing story, Cher. I mean, Wow. » Posted By Caru On May 5, 2011 @ 12:02 pm No Mercy Shown, No Mercy Given I agree. The Kittens need some boundaries. 😉 » Posted By Caru On May 5, 2011 @ 12:16 pm Of course the right is very focused and very united. They don’t tolerate dissent or independent thought. » Posted By Caru On May 5, 2011 @ 12:03 pm BREAKING NEWS: Osama Bin Laden Dead This totally undoes the significance of capturing Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind behind the deaths of thousands! Thank you, informed citizen! » Posted By Caru On May 2, 2011 @ 12:37 pm As a Non-American, I obviously don’t feel the same sense of jubilation that many Americans are experiencing, but I feel profoundly relieved and strangely happy. Nearly half my life has been influenced in some way by the fallout of this man’s actions. I remember sitting primary school at some point, looking at a newspaper clipping that my teacher had pasted onto the wall that had a picture, detailing the US invasion routes into Afghanistan. The influences are certainly not going to go away, they’re too useful to some, but hopefully people will be less afraid. » Posted By Caru On May 2, 2011 @ 12:29 pm Another Post About Discussing Religion I know what you mean. I was a very different person just two years ago. » Posted By Caru On May 1, 2011 @ 3:37 am Oops. I tried to give this a 10 rating – again, great story- but I hit 9 accidentally. Sorry. » Posted By Caru On April 30, 2011 @ 7:04 pm This is a greatly evocative and warm story. However, it seems much less about religion and more about a man resolving his differences with his family. Though that may be the intent. Furthermore, if I take issue with anything in the story, then I’ll come across as an ass. So, I won’t bother. 😉 » Posted By Caru On April 30, 2011 @ 7:00 pm Trojana Huffington: Queen of Progressives? If Obama took a progressive stance on business issues, he’s be shot down in both houses before you could say “duck”. However, there are certain things that he could force through and my disappointed lies there. The Bradley Manning thing is just absurd IMO. If he really is guilty then they’d obviously the evidence have to try and convict him, yet nothing. Methinks they’re waiting to nab Assange. As to Obama not being what he portrayed, he’s a politician. You elect a politician, you get a politician. » Posted By Caru On April 29, 2011 @ 4:09 pm Like I said, a great person. » Posted By Caru On April 29, 2011 @ 3:50 pm You’re a great person. » Posted By Caru On April 29, 2011 @ 3:43 pm Dedicated? » Posted By Caru On April 29, 2011 @ 3:24 pm Britain and Ireland are joined at the hip, so I take pride in myself at being able to snipe at the British Government just as I do my own. This AV referendum is hilarious, in my opinion. The talking points the “No” side are putting out could be flipped, dismissed and destroyed in two sentences, but the “Yes” campaign is about as effective as a wilted cabbage. And Ed Miliband just looks so hilariously out of place in it all. Good times. 🙂 » Posted By Caru On April 29, 2011 @ 3:23 pm Congratulations! 😉 » Posted By Caru On April 29, 2011 @ 3:19 pm Quote: I am sad to say that PW is right on this one. My dad, who works with people from across the globe from places such as France, Israel and America, has frequently told me (I’m paraphrasing here) that many of the Americans that he’s met tend to come across badly to others. It’s really unfortunate. » Posted By Caru On April 29, 2011 @ 12:22 pm Maybe, though from what I’ve heard a large portion of my ancestors came from France. » Posted By Caru On April 29, 2011 @ 12:15 pm That was a fantastic post, Abby. You can lay the tracks for your train of thought much better than I can. Forgive me, if I go off on a tangent here. I’ve often wondered what makes a species native to a geographic location. Is it that the species evolved there? Is it simply a matter of the length of time that the species has dwelt there and if so how long must a species live in a land to be considered native. If I take the first definition, then human beings are only native to a small section of the African continent. If we take the second definition, then humans may be more native to the deserts of Arabia than to some metropolitan cities. It’s a very interesting question, I think. Again, fantastic post, Abby, especially the Native American parts. One of your points reminds me of a thought I had while reading the “US Declaration of Independence” recently (I had been reading the “Irish Declaration of independence” and wanted to see if there was any crossover). This example listed in the grievances against the King struck me as I read it: “He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.” I mean, why did they includes this as a grievance? Perhaps I’m missing something, but it just seems out of place in comparison to the others. » Posted By Caru On April 29, 2011 @ 9:55 am BREAKING: Sun Rises, Trump Proud Well, we can’t just let a good racket get away that easily, now can we? » Posted By Caru On April 29, 2011 @ 10:10 am Ooh, wish I’d thought of that. » Posted By Caru On April 29, 2011 @ 10:09 am The quote perfectly fits the general theme of this collection of stories. » Posted By Caru On April 28, 2011 @ 9:44 am WTS, I asked about Huxley because he wrote a book called “The Perennial Philosophy”. » Posted By Caru On April 30, 2011 @ 5:59 pm Thanks, wts. By any chance was that book by Aldous Huxley? » Posted By Caru On April 30, 2011 @ 5:53 pm This is fantastic. Vonnegut, FTW! » Posted By Caru On April 30, 2011 @ 5:35 pm Another Discordian one: “Among Zen Buddhists it is said that, ‘When you meet another bodhisattva on the road, greet him with neither words nor silence.’ This leaves you with a vast selection of barnyard noises from which to choose.” » Posted By Caru On April 30, 2011 @ 5:32 pm If I intrude for a moment, Yes, there are indeed striking similarities. The question following that is whether these similarities arise from either a common spiritual source or a common human thought system. Applying Occam’s Razor would direct me to the second, but I’d imagine that many would be directed towards the former. » Posted By Caru On April 30, 2011 @ 5:30 pm Thanks a lot, bito. I love koans, BTW. They’re just so much fun. One of my favourite answers that I’ve heard to the “one hand clapping” koan is to clap the person who asks it on the head. Brilliant! » Posted By Caru On April 30, 2011 @ 5:24 pmComments Posted By Caru
“I suspect that the USA is viewed in other places in the world as an adolescent nation, a petulant teenager at best, and one with enough power to be dangerous and to be handled carefully.”
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