Originally Posted by
John Little
My concern was to place The One's comment into context because he or she faced a lot of rage for something based on his/her own experience which I thought unjustified. Those people do exist and if I had met such then the impression that I would have formed would have been identical to The One's.
Thank you John. Although we don't always agree on every point, you can certainly be depended upon to create a reasoned balanced debate.
You are also absolutely correct with the knee jerk, red mist reaction to the comparison with the Nazi Party in Germany.
Originally Posted by
gerry4
I find your views offensive, bring the Nazi's into it. You do not have a grasp of what happened in Germany in the 30's & 40's then. I suggest you go away and find out before posting any more rubbish like this.
Originally Posted by
piratelassie
theone, Your comments about the nazi,s is both offencive and ignroant, I suggest you educate yourself .
To both these people I make no apology. What I said was:
Originally Posted by
theone
The Nazi's hid behind a veil of political free speech and by playing on the heart strings of their people. The SNP do the same.
Now, please, please tell me how you can POSSIBLY be offended by that statement? I attacked nobody. I never insulted anyone or their family. I never preached any hatred. Again, PLEASE tell me how that is offensive.
To piratelassie, I probably shouldn't have made a jibe about spelling, but you probably shouldn't have questioned my education, especially in such an ironic way. Tit for tat.
My comparison with the Nazi's are valid on many levels. It doesn't mean I'm accusing the SNP of gassing Jews or taking over Europe.
Rheghead sees the comparison with using popular policies against their ideals to gain power, a means to an end.
John touches on it with their support of oil against other "Green" credentials.
Weezer sees it.
Rob Murray mentions how the Nazi's benefitting poor economic conditions to gain popularity, as has been the case with the SNP.
Propoganda, spin, whatever you want to call it is what wins elections, and I believe the SNP are current masters of it, one because they have a political genius in Alex Salmond (I think even the other parties wish they had someone of his ability) whereas the Nazi's had the same in Hitler, and two because, at least on the independance question, the separatist SNP are all "singing from the same hymn sheet" whereas the unionists are working as separate parties.
Nazi. Nationalist Socialist. The SNP are both.
To the person adding me to their ignore list to prevent themselves being banned, don't break the rules and you won't be banned. Self control. I can't for a second imagine why anyone would want to post in a debating forum without listening to all sides of the debate, but hey, each to their own. I don't thhink that was too Snyde, was it?
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; Nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
- Charles de Gaulle
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