WWI

[Milo]

[Doc]

Just finished watching most of a network telecast of the ceremonies today in Paris. President Macron gave a pleasant speech that seemed to take its theme on the concept of hope. He took a couple of digs at Trump - did you catch the nationalism vs patriotism item?

Some nice music, ending with a familiar Ravel piece. The whole program was forgettable, but the French do this sort of thing nicely.

Unlike the Belgians with their flash Sax mobs and replacing flying monkeys with a woman.

[SteveFoerster]

Trump and Kaiser Wilhelm have something else in common too. Both by ancestral background were/are German protestants. Could that merely be coincidental?

Well... yes? I mean, unless you're implying that all those who descend from German protestants have these qualities, then it pretty much would be a coincidence.

[Milo]

One can only find this behaviour Hitleresque.

[neverfail]

Trump and Kaiser Wilhelm have something else in common too. Both by ancestral background were/are German protestants. Could that merely be coincidental?

Well... yes? I mean, unless you're implying that all those who descend from German protestants have these qualities, then it pretty much would be a coincidence.

No, I did not mean to imply anything of the sort Steve. Angela Merkel, also descended from German protestants, shows no such signs of mental disorder as Alexis pointed out in the cases of Kaiser Wilhelm and Donald Trump. I regret it if my uncharacteristically poor choice of words has misled any untutored reader to gain such an impression.

[Milo]

Trump and Kaiser Wilhelm have something else in common too. Both by ancestral background were/are German protestants. Could that merely be coincidental?

Well... yes? I mean, unless you're implying that all those who descend from German protestants have these qualities, then it pretty much would be a coincidence.

No, I did not mean to imply anything of the sort Steve. Angela Merkel, also descended from German protestants, shows no such signs of mental disorder as Alexis pointed out in the cases of Kaiser Wilhelm and Donald Trump. I regret it if my uncharacteristically poor choice of words has misled any untutored reader to gain such an impression.

WWI was sparked as much by Russian Orthodox Tsar Nicholas II.

And the totalitarian regimes that sparked WWII were spearheaded by Italian and Austrian Roman Catholics. Not to mention putatively Shinto Japanese.

[neverfail]

Trump and Kaiser Wilhelm have something else in common too. Both by ancestral background were/are German protestants. Could that merely be coincidental?

Well... yes? I mean, unless you're implying that all those who descend from German protestants have these qualities, then it pretty much would be a coincidence.

No, I did not mean to imply anything of the sort Steve. Angela Merkel, also descended from German protestants, shows no such signs of mental disorder as Alexis pointed out in the cases of Kaiser Wilhelm and Donald Trump. I regret it if my uncharacteristically poor choice of words has misled any untutored reader to gain such an impression.

WWI was sparked as much by Russian Orthodox Tsar Nicholas II.

And the totalitarian regimes that sparked WWII were spearheaded by Italian and Austrian Roman Catholics. Not to mention putatively Shinto Japanese.

BY Italian and Austrian Catholic APOSTATES Milo. There is a difference.

As for WW!: Tsar Nicholas and Kaiser Wilhelm were both weak rulers both held in low regard by their respective military brass. In both cases the generals were able to call the shots. Tsar Nicholas' disastrous ploy of placing himself at the head of the armed forces might have well have been a move to regain control of his own armed forces.

[SteveFoerster]

Trump and Kaiser Wilhelm have something else in common too. Both by ancestral background were/are German protestants. Could that merely be coincidental?

Well... yes? I mean, unless you're implying that all those who descend from German protestants have these qualities, then it pretty much would be a coincidence.

No, I did not mean to imply anything of the sort Steve. Angela Merkel, also descended from German protestants, shows no such signs of mental disorder as Alexis pointed out in the cases of Kaiser Wilhelm and Donald Trump. I regret it if my uncharacteristically poor choice of words has misled any untutored reader to gain such an impression.

We here who know you surely knew that wasn't your intent.

[neverfail]

We here who know you surely knew that wasn't your intent.

Thank you Steve!

[Jim the Moron]

We here who know you surely knew that wasn't your intent.

Thank you Steve!

(Blush)