IN BAD TASTE: Putting the blame where it belongs?

From: vance_at_neurotica.com <(vance_at_neurotica.com)>
Date: Mon Sep 16 02:09:40 2002

On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Russ Blakeman wrote:

> There is a similar term used a lot though - "Heartland" that I got so sick
> of hearing when I lived in Wichita. I have heard references to "Homeland" as
> well and in Hitler's Germany of the 30's and 40's I believe they used
> "Motherland" more than "Homeland"

Nope... "fatherland".

Peace... Sridhar

> -> I always felt that the name "Homeland Security" reeks of
> -> Nazi Germany.
> -> "Homeland" is not a term we Americans use much, and it feels wrong.
> -> "Internal Security" sounds too Russian. They just need to
> -> retask the IRS.
> -> They've already got all the spies, informants, SWAT teams and
> -> databases they
> -> need to do the job, right?
> ->
> -> --John
> ->
> -> -----Original Message-----
> -> From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org]On
> -> Behalf Of Gene Buckle
> -> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 12:20
> -> To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
> -> Subject: Re: IN BAD TASTE: Putting the blame where it belongs?
> ->
> ->
> -> > > atomic bomb (anybody remember what happened in Texas City?) PLUS the
> -> > > flaming magnesium fell for miles outside the blast area and created
> -> > > thousands of fires that combine to form a fire storm.
> -> (Remember Toyko in
> -> > > early 1945? The fire storms killed more people than both of
> -> the atomic
> -> > > bombs.)
> -> >
> -> > You guys had better be careful discussing all these terror attack
> -> > scenarios in public. Pretty soon we'll have Asscroft
> -> breathing down our
> -> > necks.
> -> >
> -> Don't forget Reichsmarschall Rumsfeld.
> ->
> -> g.
> ->
> ->
> ->
> ->
>
Received on Mon Sep 16 2002 - 02:09:40 BST