“The most important lesson of the Holocaust is that fear provides a power structure for political leaders. Hitler portrayed the Jews as the enemy and used it to instil fear and gain power. George Bush evokes the fear of terrorism and becomes a more powerful leader. The important thing moving forward is to look at history and understand. Only by seeing how such things develop can we be sure such atrocities will not happen again.” British leftist aristocrat, Tony Benn.
EMAIL OF THE DAY: “Just try to stay sane, Andrew. I long ago realized how the far left had turned language on its head in an Orwellian manner (for example, Noam Chomsky claiming to be an “anarchist”, “human rights activist”, and “democracy advocate”). Well, now the far right has done it. Now, the US needs to use torture to advance the cause of “freedom”, and anyone who thinks that torture is, you know, anathema to everything that America stands for is “anti-American”. Great. I’m going to go re-read “Politics and the English Language” now, before my head explodes.” More feedback on the Letters Page.
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