Comparison 1

Nothing too long or dramatic today...just an observation and comparison.



United States protecting its interests in Iraq with a "pre-emptive war" during the 2000s.

vs

Nazi Germany protecting its interests in Poland with an "annexing" during the 1930s.


Shock and Awe???
It might require a bit more historical research, but the cursory stuff I've been looking at today shows a lot of similarities.

Comments

Unknown said…
Seeerious? Well, don't go looking into US history in the 60s, or the 80s.. and DON'T read Chomsky's "Hegemony or survival" ( http://www.chomsky.info/books/hegemony03.htm )


The only problem with your comparison, is that whenever we say words like "nazi" or "hitler", we are stepping into a well of singularities, given the many unique aspects of this chapter of history. Someone once said that any debate becomes pointless in the moment we bring nazi Germany into it, for it's so full of conotations. A little bit like talking religion. When people thought the devil had horns, one could hardly say good of a goat....
Friday, 11 April, 2008
Vulpinoid said…
I'll agree with you on that.

But as I'm rationalising a morality based on the good of the many versus the good of the few, there are a couple of sticking points that keep coming up.

It's morally ambiguous areas like these that I'm trying to work my mind through.
Saturday, 12 April, 2008
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A Guide to Geomorphs (Part 7)

Image
A working computer and scanner...that means it is time to get back to work on the geomorph sequence. A lot of the discussion in this set of tutorials has been focused around square geomorphs. They're the easiest for most people to wrap their heads around.  But my preferred form of geomorph is based around the hexagon, these tend to produce more organic and interesting shapes. This is true for natural environments, but it's no less true for urban environments. The example set of geomorphs above as a simple two-phase system. One edge type is plain, the other edge type has a road piercing the centre. There could be dozens of combinations and permutations for each of the two phases around the hexagonal edges, but a quick look at the variety of buildings and road shapes shows that there could literally be hundreds of possible options when drawing these map fragments. But you certainly don't need to create hundreds of designs for the system to be effective. Usin...
Read more

A Guide to Geomorphs (Part 1)

Image
After numerous requests to get back to map tutorials, it's time to start our new series. This time focusing on the concept of geomorphs, modular map fragments that can be mixed and matched. We'll start with a couple of theoretical tutorials before sinking into a few more practical posts. I'm predicting a dozen or so posts in this sequence, but let's see how long it lasts.
Read more