Comments on: Get out the measuring stick http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/09/30/get-out-the-measuring-stick/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:15:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Ibrahamav http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/09/30/get-out-the-measuring-stick/#comment-261575 Ibrahamav Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:58:00 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/09/30/get-out-the-measuring-stick/#comment-261575 The standard definition applies. The standard definition applies.

]]> By: Andjam http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/09/30/get-out-the-measuring-stick/#comment-261568 Andjam Fri, 30 Sep 2005 10:33:00 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/09/30/get-out-the-measuring-stick/#comment-261568 Tongue in cheek. Tongue in cheek.

]]> By: Ibrahamav http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/09/30/get-out-the-measuring-stick/#comment-261566 Ibrahamav Fri, 30 Sep 2005 10:14:00 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/09/30/get-out-the-measuring-stick/#comment-261566 Andjam, Why do you say that? Or is it tongue and cheek? Andjam, Why do you say that? Or is it tongue and cheek?

]]> By: Andjam http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/09/30/get-out-the-measuring-stick/#comment-261559 Andjam Fri, 30 Sep 2005 08:06:00 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/09/30/get-out-the-measuring-stick/#comment-261559 <i>A hundred years ago, conservative nationalist Germans used to characterise the "true" Germans as heroes and the Jews as wheeler-dealers: Helden against Handler. Today, we have a different stereotype: true Americans as Helden and limp-wristed Europeans as Handler.</i><br/><br/>It's going to end with the USA murdering 6 million Europeans before the century is out. Advise Tim Dunlop to get out while he can. A hundred years ago, conservative nationalist Germans used to characterise the “true” Germans as heroes and the Jews as wheeler-dealers: Helden against Handler. Today, we have a different stereotype: true Americans as Helden and limp-wristed Europeans as Handler.

It’s going to end with the USA murdering 6 million Europeans before the century is out. Advise Tim Dunlop to get out while he can.

]]> By: leftvegdrunk http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/09/30/get-out-the-measuring-stick/#comment-261554 leftvegdrunk Fri, 30 Sep 2005 07:08:00 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/09/30/get-out-the-measuring-stick/#comment-261554 What, Ibrahamav, is your definition of a hero? What, Ibrahamav, is your definition of a hero?

]]> By: Ibrahamav http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/09/30/get-out-the-measuring-stick/#comment-261541 Ibrahamav Fri, 30 Sep 2005 03:21:00 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/09/30/get-out-the-measuring-stick/#comment-261541 Care to define what? Care to define what?

]]> By: leftvegdrunk http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/09/30/get-out-the-measuring-stick/#comment-261533 leftvegdrunk Fri, 30 Sep 2005 00:10:00 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/09/30/get-out-the-measuring-stick/#comment-261533 Fair enough. Care to define? Fair enough. Care to define?

]]> By: Ibrahamav http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/09/30/get-out-the-measuring-stick/#comment-261531 Ibrahamav Thu, 29 Sep 2005 23:18:00 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/09/30/get-out-the-measuring-stick/#comment-261531 I disagree with Glenn's opinion of the number of heroes, what comprises a hero, and why antiwar events are heroic. I disagree with Glenn’s opinion of the number of heroes, what comprises a hero, and why antiwar events are heroic.

]]> By: leftvegdrunk http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/09/30/get-out-the-measuring-stick/#comment-261530 leftvegdrunk Thu, 29 Sep 2005 23:09:00 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/09/30/get-out-the-measuring-stick/#comment-261530 Ibrahamav, the suggestion Glenn makes is that heroes need not have guns, nor be members of the world's most powerful military force. Which part do you disagree with? It sounds like a balanced view to me. I suspect you disagree only because you can. Ibrahamav, the suggestion Glenn makes is that heroes need not have guns, nor be members of the world’s most powerful military force. Which part do you disagree with? It sounds like a balanced view to me. I suspect you disagree only because you can.

]]> By: Ibrahamav http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/09/30/get-out-the-measuring-stick/#comment-261526 Ibrahamav Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:15:00 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/09/30/get-out-the-measuring-stick/#comment-261526 How so? Or are you stating that the typical heroic efforts put forth by the typica; American soldier has become so routine as to longer be considered heroic?<br/><br/>Or that the Iraqis, who have done little but kill each other over power, who show the least bit of initiative to do anything, that does not directly benefit them in the short run, by comparison to the rest of the Iraqis, is heroic? How so? Or are you stating that the typical heroic efforts put forth by the typica; American soldier has become so routine as to longer be considered heroic?

Or that the Iraqis, who have done little but kill each other over power, who show the least bit of initiative to do anything, that does not directly benefit them in the short run, by comparison to the rest of the Iraqis, is heroic?

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