Re: Test Your Historical Knowledge


rich hammett wrote:
> Minä suojelen sinua kaikelta, mitä ikinä keksitkin sanoa, Tom Enright:
>
> > Edward M. Kennedy, I have two turntables and a microphone:
>
> >> "Jeff Davis" <jd_home@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote
>
> >> [Who was right in WWI?]
>
> >> > > I am able to tell the difference between democratic and
> >> > > non-democratic nations. Just because you can't shouldn't
> >> > > get you angy at me.
>
> >> > OK. When did India become democratic?
>
> >> Who proved that democratic nations are always right
> >> and the non-demographic ones are always wrong?
> >>
> >> This is some stupid *** you two are slinging.
>
> > When non-democratic Country A invades democratic Country B
> > *I* Thomas O'Reilly Enright, have the amazing, supernatural
> > ability to disern who the "Good Guys" are and who are the
> > "Bad Guys."
>
> You haven't even established that the situation above
> occurred. Although dominated by Prussia's state control,
> Germany did have the quite representative Reichstag, probably
> more representative of Germany's population than the UK
> parliament was of the Queen's subjects.
>
> > Now I have apparently been laboring under the false notion
> > that this skill was somewhat common among persons who
> > do not suffer from some form of mental deffect. I am
> > wrong. The Kaiser rolling into Belgium and France is
> > unconvincing for some.

Your argument is good until you get to Belgium. Belgium was neutral
and Germany did not have to invade to get at France.

>
> You need to stop getting your history out of GOP
> comic books.
>
> Why did Germany invade Belgium and France?
>
> This was typical 19th century balance of power gone
> unhinged. Your attempts to find a good guy based
> on nothing but your prejudices (and very bad information
> about forms of government) are typical.
>
> And your comments about Italy being one of the
> obvious "right side" countries really make clear
> your moral bankruptcy--Italy had been an ally of
> Germany and Austro-Hungary, but switched sides
> because they wanted territory from Austro-Hungary.
> Wouldn't that make them a bad guy in your world? In
> mine, it makes them all part of the silly 19th century
> world that found out its toy guns were real.

Italy was a pre-war ally of the Central Powers who refused to join
the war. One of the main reasons Italy joined the Allies was she was
very afraid of the Royal Navy. Territorial concessions from
Austria-Hungary were the carrot used by Britain and France to go with
the stick of the Royal Navy.

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