Nothing Is New Under The Sun ....

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or The More Things Change The More They Remain The Same .... or Those That Refuse To Learn From History Etc Blah Blah Blah .... Anyway ....

"All nationalists have the power of not seeing resemblances between similar sets of facts. A British Tory will defend self-determination in Europe and oppose it in India with no feeling of inconsistency. Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them, and there is almost no kind of outrage — torture, the use of hostages, forced labour, mass deportations, imprisonment without trial, forgery, assassination, the bombing of civilians — which does not change its moral colour when it is committed by 'our' side. The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them."

-- George Orwell, Notes on Nationalism

Just a thought I remembered today while scanning the internets .... peace.

[StandingInLeftField]

1. Wonderful quote from Orwell.

Interesting discussion of the prescience of Orwell vs. Huxley the other day (a recurring theme here at DU) :

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=2327697&mesg_id=2327950

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2. DU has a lot of recurring themes .... yes .....

nothing new under the sun ..... none the less true today as yesterday etc... etc... .... ;) .... :hi: