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Squiggy, you are so full of shit, it's not funny. I have not flamed you once. I have been extremely patient under your barrage of insults, caricaturizations and polemics. You have yet to address any of the arguments I've made-- at least, not in this thread, and I've been to busy to get over to...

Exactly. I think that the social and economic categories are inextricably bound together. If fascism and communism differ on exactly how they are going to appropriate private property and violate individual rights, that's just a superficial difference.

I guess I wasn't clear either. I consider the Democrat and Republican parties to be generally middle of the road on the political spectrum, with the Democrats somewhat left of the Republicans. Both have positions that violate individual rights, but generally the Democrats violate economic...

Herein lies the problem. You're approaching this debate by using right-wing and Republican, and left-wing and Democrat, as interchangeable concepts. It's not a debate about Republicans vs Democrats. I am not taking a position on whether Republicans are fascists, or not. I'm not even taking a...

An argument, Squiggy... a refutation. Do you have one, or don't you?

Sorry, but Dubya's to the left of me. Since you're new, chcr, I'll go ahead and explain my view in more detail. The leftists have attempted to portray the political spectrum as having fascism on one end and communism on the other end. That's the choice they want us to make. It's insipid and...

I have an idea.... If you can't refute the argument, just make an outrageously false statement based on a deliberate misreading of what I've said, and then stomp out.

I don't follow... Does that mean that you're not going to take this argument to the other threads, or that you're just not ever going to accept the argument? Don't be facetious. It's possible to be left of me without being a communist.

The difference is in the method of state control over the economy. Under communism, all industries are nationalized, and private ownership of the means of production is virtually eliminated, except for small, marginal enterprises that are under strict state control. Under fascism/nazism, key...

Squiggy, I have two other threads going on this very subject in which I offer evidence that contradicts what you're saying. If you want to debate whether Naziism is socialist or capitalist, take a look at the thread "Name that Tune..." If you want to discuss whether Russia was really communist...

There's one guy from the first war named Speicher. I don't think he's been found. I think we have all the known POW's, but there are still some soldiers who are MIA.

I just hope they were well treated.

Bumping this up for Squiggy, since he missed it the first time.

They found all seven!!! Story

...or the glory of Man in his first step towards civilization-- but either way, let's hope it is restored. :)

We have a volunteer army, and I have never advocated the draft. Our soldiers choose to do the job they do, and they get paid for it. They're not being coerced. If you want to make that claim about me, then back it up with evidence. My arguments are consistent with my principles. If you...

Squiggy, why are you asking these questions when I've already told you exactly what I think on this subject? And why do you insist on accusing us of "following W's instructions" when you know damn well that we're doing our own thinking? This is just empty rhetoric meant to smear your opponents...

Ah! The cultural genocide of France at last! Hurrah! I much prefer British arrogance over French snobbery... it's more wholesome. ;)

That was one of the most frustrating things about the series. In one episode Picard would be espousing some hands-off policy towards the beliefs of another culture, and then in another episode he would act to assert some universal principle of morality against multi-culturalist claptrap...

Nothing succeeds like success...