Re: [OT] aargh.. the big swirl of offtopicness sucks me in, too. help!
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On 03/07/07 15:35, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:05:17 +0100
> Michael Dominok <du.lists@dominok.net> wrote:
>
>> Am Mittwoch, den 07.03.2007, 18:47 +0000 schrieb Liam O'Toole:
>>> On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:49:15 +0100
>>> Michael Dominok <du.lists@dominok.net> wrote:
>>>
[snip]
>
>>>> If you have to rank the "mad assholes" of human history i doubt
>>>> that Franko would make it anywhere near Hitler and Stalin. Not
>>>> that this makes him any less disgusting but looking a the means
>>>> the Nazis and Soviets used to achieve their goals Franko just
>>>> didn't "play in the same league".
>>> Yes, in terms of raw numbers of people murdered or terrorised,
>>> Franco wasn't in the same league as the gruesome twosome. But he
>>> was just as determined in his efforts to establish linguistic and
>>> cultural supremacy.
>> Well, i'm determined in winning the lotteries. For years. Guess how
>> many hits my determination got me?
>> Determination without "means" is worth nothing. So is your comparison.
>
> Franco was remarkably successfully at establishing a Castilian
> hegemony. Are you saying he should have tried harder?
Like you said, totalitarian regimes can not tolerate diversity.
Franco was *obviously* not a thorough totalitarian.
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