On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:22:37 +0100
"michael adams" wrote:
Oh dear ! Reasoned argument will never convince anyone of anything.
To sway the masses you need to appeal to their emotions. Adolf

It will convince people with a working brain. Unfortunately the majority of
people don't fall into that category and are primarily emotionally driven.
Witness the middle east the last few days.

pensions. Then came the slump and then even more borrowing from
our "closest allies" to finance our standing alone early on against
Hitler in WW2 - again only recently paid off. Any politician who wants to get

Our "closest allies" who made us repay every penny we owned them and who
meanwhile were forking out for the rebuilding of former nazi germany.
And yet UK governments on both sides still run along behind the USs heals like
a faithful but slightly dense little dog and are so grateful when they get
thrown a bone or a chance to play in some war the US have started. Its rather
pathetic.

There's two ways of looking at that. Life nowadys is definitely too soft

Not for everyone. Though admittedly most chavs in days gone past had real
poverty to worry about, not just whether the benefit cheque will cover the
fags and the Sky+ subscription this month.

to live in the days of rampant infant mortality, the Black Death, or public
executions with people being burned at the stake or being hung drawn and
quartered.

I genuinely wouldn't have a problem with public executions.

B2003