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Old March 2nd 08, 02:52 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Way off topic, but it has do to with the French

On Mar 2, 8:37 am, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

Yes, we all know that some French resisted collaborating with the Nazis.
They were brave men and women who often died for their cause. All of which
has little to do with the topic, which was the Vichy government and the vast
majority of French who were content to wait it out.

If you're trying to say the Resistance acted as a moral counter-balance to
the vast majority of French who sat on their hands whilst under the yoke of
the most immoral regime in modern history, you'd be wrong.

But what else is new?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"


The list of countries with people that "sat on their hands whilst
under the yoke of the most immoral regime in modern history" includes
Poland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg,
Yugoslavia, and Greece.

The vast majority "sat on their hands" in each of those countries as
well.

The vast majority in any era in any place does nothing, because the
vast majority would rather live and does not have the means to resist
in any effective manner -- in France or elsewhere.

And before you get patriotic, bear in mind that the same was true for
the American Colonies -- the majority of colonists did not in any way
directly or indirectly support the Revolution.


Dan





 




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