Mephisto:
You forgot to mention that people of
your own nation who don't meet the right standards are just as much victims as people of other nations. How many Germans who happened to be of the wrong political affiliation, or of low intelligence, or homosexual, were also killed by the Nazis? We can see this already in the US. People who think GWB has gone too far are 'communists' or being manipulated by them, plotting to overthrow the government. People who think Ashcroft has gone too far are 'giving aid to terrorists' -- which translates to Ashcroft saying he can arrest them just for opposing him. 'Giving aid to terrorists' is an imprisonable offense. We've had waves of hysteria before, and somehow recovered, but being in the midst of one is NOT fun.
[ April 15, 2003, 19:56: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]