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Date: | Tue, 20 Oct 1998 19:10:57 -0500 |
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Christina Poppy wrote:
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> john,
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> there's an interesting book called _Explaining Hitler_ by Rosenbaum.
> Hitler's baby picture is on the cover. This is a whole subject apart from
> Pound, but the various theories on how Hitler became _Hitler_ are broad
> and extensive. my point, however, was that the only way to explain
> without excusing is to include everyone as possible evil-doers, and no one
> wants to think about themselves that way. so we dance around pointing
> fingers instead.
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> tina
Of course we're all potentially evil-doers. That is exactly the point.
--
I've been able to string more words into fewer ideas than anybody I
know, and I'm continuing to do that.
- Alan Greenspan to the Senate Budget Committee, Sept 23, 1998
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