[Peace-discuss] ...Obama's SS

[David Gehrig]

There is of course a difference between being grown up and being mature, and I thank you for demonstrating it. Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise. 

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On Feb 25, 2013, at 8:31 PM, "Carl G. Estabrook" <galliher at illinois.edu> wrote:

> Nescire autem quid ante quam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum...
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> This is a discussion for grown-ups.  --CGE
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> On Feb 25, 2013, at 7:33 PM, David Gehrig <david-cu at nukulele.org> wrote:
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>> Roger - I wouldn't worry too much about it. 
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>> The kind of moral distinction you're asking for, reasonable as it is, is no longer one that Carl can make. 
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>> It comes with the shivers and fake snakes of the two-bit Cassandra act. Your job is to tremble with mortal awe, or something. Frank Morgan as Oz comes to mind. Carl would shoot those gas jets if he had them, but alas all he has is the misplaced and disgusting Nazi analogy.
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>> On Feb 25, 2013, at 5:54 AM, Roger Helbig <rwhelbig at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> This is despicable subject line - The United States does not have an
>>> SS and any member of this list who has relatives who were killed in
>>> the Holocaust or who served in the military who liberated the death
>>> camps should join me in condemning Estabrook's extremely poor judgment
>>> and choice of words.  I doubt he will apologize, he is not a big
>>> enough man to do that!
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>>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 12:31 AM, C. G. Estabrook <cge at shout.net> wrote:
>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/25/world/asia/afghanistan-orders-us-troops-from-key-province-of-wardak.html
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