Sunday, June 06, 2004
Nothing Learned in 60 Years
"But neutrality, the avoidance of war, is not the normal aim of governments. Governments are 100%
useless appendages to any society, and have to work to justify their existence in the eyes of those they
rule; one way to do so, proven effective by 5,000 bloody years of history, is to excite small boys -- and
adults with a juvenile perspective -- with the idea of the glory of patriotism, warfare and conquest."
Column by Jim Davies.vernments. Governments are 100% useless appendages to any society, and
have to work to justify their existence in the eyes of those they rule; one way to do so, proven effective
by 5,000 bloody years of history, is to excite small boys -- and adults with a juvenile perspective -- with
the idea of the glory of patriotism, warfare and conquest." Column by Jim Davies.http://www.strike-the-root.com/4/davies/davies8.html
Margot B 10:13 AM
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