tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post638334513826903138..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Treason by any other nameAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-7691628566016197032011-10-16T15:50:48.963-07:002011-10-16T15:50:48.963-07:00Chris, I'm always looking for fresh inspiratio...Chris, I'm always looking for fresh inspiration.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-75445126961817813062011-10-14T03:13:58.742-07:002011-10-14T03:13:58.742-07:00"We are all captives to German history"-..."We are all captives to German history"--a fascinating idea . . . it may even be true! I'll propose one more book, THE TYRANNY OF GREECE OVER GERMANY, which suggests how deep the captivity of modernity to antiquity, mediated by Germany, really is (Nietzsche of course exhibits the entire trajectory incarnate). TYRANNY was written by E. M. Butler, the brilliant woman Cambridge scholar who was particularly close to George "Daddy" Rylands, a tutor who himself was the great object of desire of the Cambridge Five . . . Having said that, I feel guilty about potentially tossing more grist into your exceptionally hard-working intellectual mill, as I'll explain in a further Comment on your EVERYTHING FLOWS blog entry . . .Chris Coffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16599801901347194290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-44882191256310900772011-10-13T16:01:46.677-07:002011-10-13T16:01:46.677-07:00correction: pl. luftmenschencorrection: pl. luftmenschenanthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-9255133627339706462011-10-13T15:59:06.346-07:002011-10-13T15:59:06.346-07:00Chris, absolutely, that's another dimension th...Chris, absolutely, that's another dimension that I intend to explore soon, that we are all captives to German history. "We have to have the EU", the cry went up, "just in case Germany invades Poland."Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-18689287529985099102011-10-13T03:37:21.364-07:002011-10-13T03:37:21.364-07:00You're right--the Euro fiasco was all perfectl...You're right--the Euro fiasco was all perfectly predictable. Furthermore, it was all about fighting the last war--keeping the Germans and French from killing one another, ever again.<br /><br />Most great disasters start with a laudable core, and that was the core of the Euro-fiasco you indict so well . . . just as the policy goal of making home ownership available to all Americans, regardless of their ability to service mortgage debt, was the core of the Global Financial Crisis . . . <br /><br />The road to hell is indeed paved with good intentions, but what the proverb leaves out is some reference to all the cads, bounders, and "guilty men" who stamp on the accelerator when the orders of angels would be hitting the brakes and trying to turn the steering wheel . . .Chris Coffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16599801901347194290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-62059192706067579422011-10-12T16:23:48.214-07:002011-10-12T16:23:48.214-07:00Jean Paul it's from the book. Sorry, it's...Jean Paul it's from the book. Sorry, it's my error, which I will correct now.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-73598502393270279322011-10-12T15:59:40.345-07:002011-10-12T15:59:40.345-07:00Aaargh! :-)Aaargh! :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-5603583569312262492011-10-12T15:45:43.547-07:002011-10-12T15:45:43.547-07:00Where did you get this quote above? "victory ...Where did you get this quote above? "victory was the" and "merly" are definitely wrong, even if the paragraph could be perfectly right. (Alhough I personally believe it's neither the euro not Europe, but the German and French banks which have to be saved, from themselves and they crony Greek borrowers).Jean Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604470439372237292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-30919257943585054602011-10-11T19:01:52.365-07:002011-10-11T19:01:52.365-07:00Good luck with all the luftmensch.Good luck with all the luftmensch.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.com