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dotlizard dot com: Hermann Goering, on war

  • drublood · 7 years ago
    My post was about recruiters getting information about students from public schools...the child soldiers post by drapetomaniac is so much more in depth. Definitely a must-read.
  • kd · 7 years ago
    it's all related -- how war is sold to us, whether gov't propaganda to enrage the masses, or marketing a job in the killing or being killed business to young people.
  • kaydee · 7 years ago
    goering was a fat, conceited, bumptious coward and villain. but i can't deny that he was smart too...
  • Prue · 7 years ago
    That was one impressive "speech"... never knew Goering was so smart...
  • NegroPleaseDotCom · 7 years ago
    feel the rush

    please welcome...the man that made kool-aid say "Oh Yeah!"
  • Gratuitous Sax and Senseless V · 7 years ago
    Stuff

    "Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the
  • skits · 7 years ago
    It's amazing how very familiar the entire scenario seems, isn't it? It is a smart move, and it obviously works. All we have to do is look around us.
  • Shelagh · 7 years ago
    So chilling to read becuase it's so true :(
  • Jason · 7 years ago
    You're on fire with the relevancy this week, kd.

    Child Soldiers - I think Dru also wrote something about this recently.
  • Linkmeister · 7 years ago
    Of course, the other thing to remember is that Goering was in the dock at Nuremberg when he said that (judging from the date).
  • Linkmeister · 7 years ago
    I don't know if I'd call that smart or just cynical. Don't even try to get me to make the distinction, but I just feel like there is one somewhere.
  • Monkey! · 7 years ago
    Wow, I wish my coworkers sent me stuff like that....
  • Da Goddess · 7 years ago
    Amazing. I like!
  • kd · 7 years ago
    usually i get the crazy racist let's kill 'em all stuff, so this was a helluva shocker. even moreso when i looked it up and discovered, yes, it's true. i was floored, truly floored.
  • George · 7 years ago
    There's no place like the dock for some truth-telling.
  • kd · 7 years ago
    exactly. the arrogant tone of his words, a kind of 'nothing to lose' attitude, speaks of harsh truths.