On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 18:51:47 -0700, Mark Hickey wrote:

Thomas Borchert wrote:

Newps,

uh, I think you lost my irony. I'll spell it out: This is how the Third
Reich started.

What - with the rest of the world telling Germany they were a bunch of
idiots, and telling them how they should run their country?

Ummmm...yes, in fact. See the Treaty of Versailles. The onerous conditions the
Treaty imposed brought about the economic chaos and political upheaval that
brought the Nazi party into existence.

Not Thomas' point, I suspect, but....

Ron "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to watching repeats on the
History Channel" Wanttaja