Re: The Fourteen Characteristics of Fascism

James Richard Tyrer <[email protected]> Thu, 15 May 2003 13:47:03 -0700

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Andreas Pour wrote:
> Food for thought:  http://www.secularhumanism.org/library/fi/britt_23_2.htm

First, it greatly annoys me that computer programmers fail at simple 
logic.

Socrates' cat is NOT a dog.

For those of you that don't know this:

	A dog has four paws

	Socrates' cat has four paws

	Therefore, Socrates' cat is a dog.

WRONG.

If a fascist government has all of these 14 characteristics, this does 
not in any way mean that each of these 14 characteristics is 
indicative of fascism.  In fact, some of them are indicative of Soviet 
Communism.

But, if you are worried about fascism in the US.  Remember that the US 
did become somewhat fascist when FDR was President -- perhaps some of 
this is inevitable in times of war.

--
JRT


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